Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has asked reporters to take the heat out of their reporting of diplomatic tensions over plans to execute two Australians.
Asked about Prime Minister Tony Abbott drawing a link between tsunami aid to Indonesia and the death sentences of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan on Monday, Mr Joko told a journalist: "There's already been clarification. Don't you heat this up".
Asked if it would effect plans to execute the convicted drug smugglers, Mr Joko said: " No, that's our sovereign law," Indonesian news website detik.com reported.
The website also reported that Mr Abbott had called Vice President Jusuf Kalla to clarify the remarks made last week, which were read as threats by the foreign ministry.
Mr Kalla, who also received an explanation from Foreign Minister Julie Bishop last week, did not say when he took the call from Mr Abbott.
"He explained and realised that it was a mistake," he told reporters on Monday.
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