julie bishop private meeting details published

Looks like the Indonesians are out to publicly ridicule Julie Bishop and the Abbott Government ahead on next weeks meetings in Jakarta.......

You got big problems Tony!

Try keeping things quiet and see what happens...


"Julie Bishop private meeting details published by Indonesia's foreign minister"

Indonesia's foreign minister has ignored a plea by Julie Bishop to deal with the asylum seeker issue “behind the scenes,” by publishing a virtual transcript of their private conversation earlier this week.
Australia is ready to fully cooperate with the Indonesian Government in dealing with this issue ‘behind the scenes’ and ‘quietly’ to avoid publicity that could have a negative impact on Australia's efforts

The detailed press statement from the Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa shows him bluntly warning the Abbott government against taking any “unilateral steps” which would risk “cooperation and trust” between the two countries.

Blunt message ... Indonesian foreign minister Marty Natalegawa warned the Australian Government against 'unilateral action' over asylum seekers.
The Indonesians’ release of details of the conversation between the two foreign ministers in New York on Monday is highly unusual in diplomacy, and will raise the temperature further in an already super-heated debate, just days before Tony Abbott meets President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta.
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Mr Abbott insisted on Thursday that his government was already “working very well together” with Indonesia, and that “we absolutely respect Indonesia's sovereignty”.

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