SYDNEY: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Thursday said ties with Indonesia were in “very good shape” after plunging this year when Jakarta executed two Australians, hailing her relationship with “text buddy” counterpart Retno Marsudi.
Canberra took the unprecedented step of recalling its ambassador after Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan faced the firing squad for drugs offenses in April, with tensions already fraught over Australia’s military-led efforts to turn back asylum-seeker boats.
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