The head of Indonesia's intelligence service says he has been assured by his Australian counterparts that they will not tap the phones of the country's president again.
Marciano Norman, chief of the Indonesian State Intelligence Agency (BIN), said the body has spoken to Australian intelligence officials about the claims.
"Indonesia's intelligence body has communicated directly with Australian intelligence and in our communication, they stated that now and in the future, the most important thing that it won't happen again," Mr Norman told reporters at Jakarta's presidential palace.
"That's their language, now and in future, they assured that it won't happen again."
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott has refused to apologise or explain revelations that Australian spies targeted the mobile phones of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife Ani and some of his closest confidants in 2009.
Earlier, Indonesia's foreign minister has announced a downgrade in its ties to Australia and declared that its neighbour has done "almost irreparable damage" to the countries' relationship with its spying activities.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa says his government is already scaling down bilateral co-operation in the wake of revelations that Australian spies targeted the mobile phones of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife Ani and some of his closest confidants in 2009.
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"We are turning off the tap by degrees," he told reporters.
In a later interview with BBC World, Dr Natalegawa said Australia's response to the revelations had been poor.
"The Australian intelligence community has run amok," he said.
"Australia must take concrete steps and send strong signals of its wish to repair the almost irreparable damage that they are causing.
"The ball is very much in Australia's court."
He made the comments as Indonesian Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan warned Australia that Jakarta could look elsewhere for trade partners unless it receives a satisfactory response in relation to the revelations.
Mr Gita has also now added to calls for action to be taken, saying Australia must act quickly.
"It is a serious issue. We need, therefore, to make our position clear so that the Australian government acts quickly," Mr Gita said.
He appeared to single out agriculture and the cattle trade as areas that could be at risk.
"If these relations are disrupted, we will need to seek other countries as trading partners. Moreover, we have a deficit in our trade balance with Australia so far," he added.
Indonesia has already recalled its ambassador following the revelations that stem from the latest leak by fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
