Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will travel to Jakarta this week for talks on a new code of conduct demanded by Indonesia after claims President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's phone was tapped by Australian spies.
Ms Bishop is expected to meet with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa for preliminary discussions on the code of conduct which Indonesia insists is needed before relations between Jakarta and Canberra can return to normal.
Dr Natalegawa, in Bali for a World Trade Organisation meeting, confirmed the meeting would take place in the coming days.
"I am anticipating some time this week the visit by Minister Bishop to Jakarta to continue our conversation we've been having ever since last week," Dr Natalegawa said.
The meeting is expected to take place in Jakarta on Thursday.
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Asked if Indonesia was expecting an apology, Dr Natalegawa said: "I'm going to receive Minister Bishop and we'll see what will come from that meeting."
Indonesia last month suspended military, intelligence gathering and people-smuggling co-operation after revelations Australian spies targeted his mobile phone, and those of his inner circle, in 2009.
Dr Yudhoyono has demanded Australia sign up to the "code of ethics and protocols", insisting it was needed to map out the future bilateral relationship.
The president has insisted that the code of conduct must address the spying issue and contain protocols to ensure similar espionage activities do not occur again.
However, Dr Natalegawa has already warned that drafting a code of conduct was merely the first step on a long road back to normal diplomatic relations.
He said last week that he must be assured by Ms Bishop that Australia was committed to signing up to a code of conduct, including protocols around spying.
"The roadmap for the (re-establishment) of bilateral relations is quite clear," Dr Natalegawa said in Bali on Tuesday.
The draft code of conduct, which would include guarantees around spying, would be inspected by Dr Yudhoyono who has also insisted it is signed by himself and Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
