File image of Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. (AAP) Source: AAP
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is set to visit Indonesia's fifth largest city to open a new Australian Consulate General. Ms Bishop began her three-day visit to Indonesia yesterday (mon)in Jakarta where she joined her counterpart Retno Marsudi at a press conference in which they focused on co-operation in counter-terrorism and education links. Meanwhile, China has called on Indonesia to release eight fishermen as a dispute between the two countries over an incident off the Natuna Island, near Malaysia, Indonesia says it picked up a Chinese fishing boat as it was illegally trawling but China has denied that.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is set to visit Indonesia's fifth largest city to open a new Australian Consulate General. Ms Bishop began her three-day visit to Indonesia yesterday (mon)in Jakarta where she joined her counterpart Retno Marsudi at a press conference in which they focused on co-operation in counter-terrorism and education links. Meanwhile, China has called on Indonesia to release eight fishermen as a dispute between the two countries over an incident off the Natuna Island, near Malaysia, Indonesia says it picked up a Chinese fishing boat as it was illegally trawling but China has denied that.
