SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday that Indonesia’s sympathy for the families of two drug traffickers it executed was a good sign for resuming strong ties between the nations.

Canberra withdrew its ambassador to Jakarta after Andrew Chan, 31, and Myuran Sukumaran, 34, were executed by firing squad along with six others on Wednesday despite a storm of international criticism and pleas from their families.

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