Tensions ease: Julie Bishop to meet Indonesia's foreign minister Retno Marsudi next week

By Tom Allard
Updated July 31 2015 - 4:08pm, first published 1:17am
Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop is expected to meet with her Indonesian counterpart in Kuala Lumpur next week. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop is expected to meet with her Indonesian counterpart in Kuala Lumpur next week. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. Photo: Achmad Ibrahim
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. Photo: Achmad Ibrahim
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed by firing squad in Indonesia in April.
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed by firing squad in Indonesia in April.

Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop will meet her Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi next week in a sign that relations between the two countries are warming after the schism wrought by the execution of the Bali nine duo and boat turn-backs.

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