Spying scandal: Tony Abbott says 'high time' Indonesia resumes cooperation on smuggling
High time he got off his ,imperial high horse.
Spying scandal: Tony Abbott says 'high time' Indonesia resumes cooperation on smuggling
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says it is "high time" Indonesia resumed cooperation with Australia to stop the flow of asylum seeker boats.
Indonesia suspended military cooperation on people smuggling operations following revelations that Australia attempted to spy on Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's phone and those of his wife and inner circle in 2009.
The revelations were uncovered in documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and reported by The Guardian and the ABC.
During a press conference on his first 100 days in office, Mr Abbott described the decision to suspend military cooperation as "singularly unhelpful" and has urged Indonesia to reverse it.
"Given that people smuggling is a crime in Indonesia, just as it is a crime in Australia, I think it is high time that that cooperation was resumed," he said.
"But I accept that in the end what Indonesia does is a matter for Indonesia."
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