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Indonesian VP warns Australia on impact of trade termination

Xinhua, April 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said on Wednesday that Australia would suffer financial lose should the country terminate business ties with Indonesia.

Kalla made the statement after Australia planned to withdraw its ambassador to Indonesia following the execution of two Australians drug smugglers along with six other foreign citizens for drug offense in Indonesia.

The vice president said argued Indonesia's import from its neighboring country is higher than Australia's import from Indonesia.

"Our importation from Australia is much higher than Australia's importation from Indonesia. So it (Australia) will suffer financial lose should it end trade (with Indonesia)," he said.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo stressed that other foreign countries have to respect Indonesia's judiciary as Indonesia do so. The president, who has rejected clemency from over 60 drug convicts, who are on death row on drug offense, said stern actions are badly needed to take to end the country's emergency on drug.

Over 33 people die every day due to the impact of drug in Indonesia.

On the Australia's plan to pull out its ambassador to Indonesia, Kalla said that it is a natural and the impact to relationship would be temporary as Indonesia use to conduct such action against Australia in the past.

"It is just to show of protest. We used to do that. The impact is commonly temporary. It will be back to normal again within 2 or 3 months," said Kalla.

Indonesia executed 8 out of 9 drug offenders over midnight Wednesday, including the two Australians and those from Brazil, French and Indonesia. The execution of a Philippino citizen, however, is delayed for further legal process. Endi