Discuss Handling Immigrants, Foreign Minister of Australia will be to Indonesia

MASSAPEDIA NEWS - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi, will meet with Australian Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, in Jakarta on Monday (21/3) future with the main agenda of the Conference preparation Bali Process immigrants.

"Foreign Minister will hold bilateral meetings with Julie Bishop in Jakarta aimed at discussing the final preparations before the two ministers so co-chair BRMC [Ministerial Conference of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking In Persons and Related Transnational Crime]," said Foreign Ministry spokesman State, Arrmanatha Nasir, in a press conference in Jakarta, Thursday (17/3).

Conference to be held in Bali on 22 to 23 March the outline will discuss the issue of the handling of immigrants. This issue was considered so important because it affects the security situation in the Asia Pacific region.

Earlier, Indonesia once made a protest against the policy of "zero entry" Australia in dealing with immigrants began to flood the country.

According to Director General of Multilateral Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Hasan Kleib, under the policy, Australia can no longer accept immigrants. The asylum seekers are then accommodated in the centers handling seaside and often received unfair treatment.

Hasan said Indonesia appreciated Australia's domestic policy. However, Hasan The measure also had an impact on the situation in the Asia-Pacific region.

Because the majority of immigrants who could not stand in the holding centers are finally moving back to transit countries, including Indonesia. Meanwhile, Indonesia still accommodate 13 thousand immigrants uncertain fate.

But according Arrmanatha, these two foreign ministers will not discuss the handling of immigrants focused on specific countries.

"We will discuss the preparation of BRMC and emphasizing regional management, both from the country of origin and destination and how others in the region," said Arrmanatha.

According Arrmanatha, this conference will produce two documents, the Co-chair Statement and the Bali Process Ministerial Declaration.

"Co-chair Statement will reflect on what has been agreed. The Declaration itself contains concrete steps to be taken together. The contents of the coordination, what to do, and so forth," said Arrmanatha.