http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/gillard-plans-fence-mending-dialogue-with-sby-after-live-cattle-row/story-fn59nm2j-1226159628437 SBY after live cattle row by: Dennis Shanhan, political editor From: The Australian October 06, 2011 12:00AM JULIA Gillard is preparing for her first contact with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono since the live cattle row.
The Prime Minister is organising a telephone call to Dr Yudhoyono ahead of leaders' summits in Cannes and Bali next month and the visit of US President Barack Obama to both Australia and Indonesia. Ms Gillard has not spoken to Dr Yudhoyono since the Australian government suspended live cattle shipments without warning in June after ABC1's Four Corners' coverage of the abuse of Australian cattle in Indonesian abattoirs. The failure to alert Jakarta to the suspension of the $330 million trade damaged relations between Australia and Indonesia. Ms Gillard also caused resentment in Indonesia last year by announcing her plan to establish an offshore processing centre for asylum-seekers in East Timor, without alerting Jakarta to the significant change to policy. As she prepared to repair leader-to-leader relations, she welcomed the beginning of the Indonesia-Australia dialogue in Jakarta, which Dr Yudhoyono had suggested to develop the strategic partnership. "The dialogue will promote a better understanding between Australia and Indonesia at the people-to-people level," the Prime Minister said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
