Indonesian MP Says Australian Diplomats Should Be Removed For Spying As Bishop Prepares For Bali Talks ~ THE 5TH ESTATE ASIA

Thursday, November 07, 2013

Indonesian MP Says Australian Diplomats Should Be Removed For Spying As Bishop Prepares For Bali Talks

Thursday, November 07, 2013

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ABC 7 NEWS
By George Roberts
11/07/2013

An Indonesian government MP has suggested some Australian diplomats should be removed from his country for spying, as Foreign Minister Julie Bishop prepares for talks in Bali.

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Ms Bishop is attending the Bali Democracy Forum at Nusa Dua, the same venue where Australia and the US reportedly ran a spying operation in 2007 during a UN conference.

The Foreign Minister is batting away suggestions there are tensions with Indonesia, saying: "We have a very close relationship".

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But Indonesia is unhappy Australia will not say if the spying allegations are true and wants a guarantee it will not happen again.

A member of the ruling coalition in Indonesia has now ramped up the rhetoric over the allegations, saying anyone caught spying without the approval of the Australian ambassador should be sent back to Australia.

The chairman of Indonesia's foreign affairs commission, Mahfudz Siddiq, says people should not be spying without the knowledge of the ambassador.

"If they are unofficial officers, unofficial agents, not under the control of your ambassadors in Jakarta, they should go back. You should throw out the personnel," he said.

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Indonesia's foreign minister Marty Natelegawa has previously suggested the country should review its intelligence cooperation with Australia on people smuggling and terrorism.

Ms Bishop arrived in Indonesia for the forum yesterday and stressed the cooperative relationship between the two countries.

"We have a very close and cooperative relationship and I met with Minister Natalegawa on a number of occasions," she said.

"I'm looking forward to working with him again at the Bali Democracy Forum, a wonderful initiative of President Yudhoyono."

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Acting Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek says it is vital Ms Bishop achieves a breakthrough in the relationship between the two countries.

"I don't think the Indonesians will be very happy with some of the talking that we've done in recent months," she said.

"Julie Bishop now has to repair some of the damage that she's contributed to.

"If she comes back to Australia without having had some breakthrough with the Indonesians, I think that's very troubling.

"The good relationship between Australia and Indonesia is a stabilising influence in our region."

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