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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s private response to allegations that the nation’s intelligence agency attempted to wiretap the phones of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his inner circle has “met [the president's] expectations,” the palace said on Tuesday in a brief statement that stopped short of detailing the content of the letter.
“The answer from PM Abbott meets our expectations, but I will stop there,” Indonesia presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha said on Tuesday. “We see this letter as a response to our request, because president SBY earlier sent a letter to the Australian PM to request for his explanation over what actually happened with the wiretapping issue.”
Yudhoyono has called for an official apology from Abbott as nationalist tempers heated up in the House of Representatives over media reports that Australia, one of Indonesia’s closest diplomatic allies, attempted to spy on Yudhoyono, his wife and several other close associates. The Australian prime minister has stopped short of publicly apologizing, but did express regret for any embarrassment the allegations may have caused Yudhoyono.
The president’s spokesman declined to say whether Abbott’s letter contained an apology. Yudhoyono will discuss the content of the letter with cabinet members before holding a press conference, which is scheduled for late Tuesday afternoon.
Bilateral ties fell to their lowest point since the 1990s as Jakarta and Canberra entered a diplomatic standoff last week. Yudhoyono suspended cooperation with Australia, freezing several key programs, until Indonesian officials had a chance to review the spying claims.
Nationalist rhetoric intensified in the following days with the head of Indonesia’s National Police saying officers would turn a blind eye to Australia-bound asylum seekers and the nation’s trade minister Gita Wirjawan adding that he may approach India for beef imports. Both are hot-button issues in Australia, especially among Abbott’s conservative base, and will likely rile critics of Yudhoyono abroad.
The scandal over the wiretapping claims continued into its second week on Tuesday, while a report in Monday’s Sydney Morning Herald threatened to drag Singapore into the fray. The newspaper reported that Singapore’s spy agency was a “third-party” partner in the US and Australia’s efforts to tap Internet and telecommunications traffic in Southeast Asia, according to documents leaked by US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Most of Indonesia’s Internet and telecom traffic runs through Singapore (see map). The Malaysian government summoned Singaporean officials on Tuesday to respond to the allegations, but, so far, little movement has been seen from Indonesia.
The presidential spokesman said on Tuesday that Indonesian officials would investigate the claim, adding that the palace had just heard of the allegations that both Singapore and South Korea were involved in US and Australia’s spying efforts in Asia on Tuesday.
“We haven’t got a clarification or more accurate information on that matter,” he said. “We’ll study [the allegations] that we’ve heard from media reports.”
Indonesia Responds to Abbott's Letter as Spying Allegations Spread to Singapore - The Jakarta Globe
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We thought we have no enemies and yet we found our self surrounded by jealous neighbors
Why Indonesia and Malaysia? we never meddle in other country affairs, is this because we are Muslim majority country?
“The answer from PM Abbott meets our expectations, but I will stop there,” Indonesia presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha said on Tuesday. “We see this letter as a response to our request, because president SBY earlier sent a letter to the Australian PM to request for his explanation over what actually happened with the wiretapping issue.”
Yudhoyono has called for an official apology from Abbott as nationalist tempers heated up in the House of Representatives over media reports that Australia, one of Indonesia’s closest diplomatic allies, attempted to spy on Yudhoyono, his wife and several other close associates. The Australian prime minister has stopped short of publicly apologizing, but did express regret for any embarrassment the allegations may have caused Yudhoyono.
The president’s spokesman declined to say whether Abbott’s letter contained an apology. Yudhoyono will discuss the content of the letter with cabinet members before holding a press conference, which is scheduled for late Tuesday afternoon.
Bilateral ties fell to their lowest point since the 1990s as Jakarta and Canberra entered a diplomatic standoff last week. Yudhoyono suspended cooperation with Australia, freezing several key programs, until Indonesian officials had a chance to review the spying claims.
Nationalist rhetoric intensified in the following days with the head of Indonesia’s National Police saying officers would turn a blind eye to Australia-bound asylum seekers and the nation’s trade minister Gita Wirjawan adding that he may approach India for beef imports. Both are hot-button issues in Australia, especially among Abbott’s conservative base, and will likely rile critics of Yudhoyono abroad.
The scandal over the wiretapping claims continued into its second week on Tuesday, while a report in Monday’s Sydney Morning Herald threatened to drag Singapore into the fray. The newspaper reported that Singapore’s spy agency was a “third-party” partner in the US and Australia’s efforts to tap Internet and telecommunications traffic in Southeast Asia, according to documents leaked by US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Most of Indonesia’s Internet and telecom traffic runs through Singapore (see map). The Malaysian government summoned Singaporean officials on Tuesday to respond to the allegations, but, so far, little movement has been seen from Indonesia.
The presidential spokesman said on Tuesday that Indonesian officials would investigate the claim, adding that the palace had just heard of the allegations that both Singapore and South Korea were involved in US and Australia’s spying efforts in Asia on Tuesday.
“We haven’t got a clarification or more accurate information on that matter,” he said. “We’ll study [the allegations] that we’ve heard from media reports.”
Indonesia Responds to Abbott's Letter as Spying Allegations Spread to Singapore - The Jakarta Globe
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We thought we have no enemies and yet we found our self surrounded by jealous neighbors
Why Indonesia and Malaysia? we never meddle in other country affairs, is this because we are Muslim majority country?
