ASATUNEWS - Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said Indonesia rejects and returns policy against asylum seeker boats to Indonesian waters imposed by Australia .
This affirmation is submitted Marty responding to incidents return of asylum seeker boats that sail from Indonesia to Australian waters mid-December .
ABC news writes the vessel containing human Sudanese and Somali boat was herded into Indonesian waters by the Australian Navy .
" Because this is not a solution . If we all adopt this approach , in which the ends of the base ? " Marty exclaimed .
" Is any country would do the same thing ? Indonesian ship returns from another country ? "
" Therefore , we expect a better solution , " he said on Tuesday ( 07 / 01 ) , as reported by the BBC's Indonesia , Christine Franciska .
On December 19, 2013 and the ship was loaded with 47 people back into Indonesian waters and then reportedly ran out of fuel .
The ship finally ran aground on the island of Rote , so ABC reported .
' Not necessarily '
Late last year , Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott implementing strict new policy to prevent asylum seekers entered Australian territory .
A number of asylum seekers who come by boat from Indonesia will be brought back to Indonesian waters .
But until now the Indonesian government is still working to stop the three included in the field of management of asylum seekers after allegations surfaced Australian intelligence spying Indonesian officials .
Marty Natalegawa believe in time the relationship will be back as usual and cooperation restored .
" The current relationship is not optimal , are not optimal as before. , But I believe this is an exception , " he added .
" But the improvement of relations is a process , not something that can necessarily be created by the passage of a document . Thing needs to be restored at this time is a sense of mutual trust . "
The Australian Government will reportedly bought 16 rubber boats to rescue asylum seekers back to Indonesia . With the helper boat , ship asylum seekers prevented from entering Australian waters , will be transported back to Indonesian waters .
According to the Fairfax media group and the West Australian newspaper , the government is currently processing the purchase of rubber boats large size , which is equipped with a machine .
The news surfaced after Tuesday ( 07/01/2014 ) report revealed that the Royal Australian Navy boat to prevent asylum seekers and forced him back into Indonesian waters .
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison did not dispute the information , saying it would not comment on technical matters Border Sovereignty operation .
But while the official spokesman for the Labour Opposition immigration field to the ABC Mark Dreyfus said the government should explain what happened .
" We do not accept that we are only left to guess what happened , " he said . " The only reason why the government to cover this , because the minister and the prime minister of Australia does not want people to know that their decisions would damage relations with Indonesia " .
While Senator Sarah Hanson - Young of the Greens said , " At first we heard that the government will stop the arrival of the boat , then they said it would buy a fishing boat on the shores of Indonesia , now they will provide boats for asylum seekers " .
Fairfax reports citing a source in the Defense Department , which said the purchase of rubber boats is intended to anticipate the tactics of human smugglers often use an old boat , and then sabotaged his own boat that rescued by Australian rescuers .
This helper rubber boat could carry dozens of people portrayed with water drinking water supply of food for at least a week .
Meanwhile Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said Indonesia back attitude over the Australian Government's policy forcing asylum seeker boats back to Indonesia . " I repeat once again , we reject the policy of forcing asylum seeker boats back ( to Indonesia ) , " he said .
However, Minister Natalegawa said it almost every day to make contact with counterpart Julie Bishop . | BBC / MJF
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