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Indonesia suspends military cooperation with Australia

 

JAKARTA - Indonesia said Wednesday that it has suspended military cooperation with Australia over an alleged insult of Indonesian state ideology.

 

Indonesian military spokesman Maj. Gen. Wuryanto said that cooperation has been suspended indefinitely, and that the decision was made after considering many matters.

 

Although Wuryanto, who like many Indonesians uses one name, declined to give the exact reason for the decision, he said among the factors were reports of an Indonesian instructor saying that a "laminated paper" displayed at the Australian Special Forces base where he worked was insulting.

 

"This is not a protest ... we would like to establish a useful cooperation for the two nations based on mutual respect," Wuryanto told The Associated Press. "Technically, it is not running well."

 

Australian Defense Minister Marise Payne said in a statement that Indonesia had informed Australia of the decision.

 

Some interaction between the two militaries "has been postponed until the matter is resolved. Cooperation in other areas is continuing," Payne said.

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 01.04.17, 13:44