Marty Natalegawa Quotations

We've always been on a high state of alert. The perpetrators of the previous bombings are still very much at large and the risk is still very much with us,

We have received information from local police sources that there are indications the act was committed by elements of OPM.

If this act turns out to be related to Corby, we hope that the Australian people do not make an enemy of the Indonesian people.

But we have also been equally careful to ensure the independence of the judicial process and the matter of remission is respected,

Our priority now is to determine their whereabouts and to facilitate their immediate departure from Iraq.

The existence of such a center is expected to help ASEAN members facilitate assistance to any country hit by a disaster,

The explosion in Bali is reported to have taken place in a very crowded area, so if obviously it is confirmed to be a bomb, then it is aimed at causing as much casualties and ... as many victims as possible,

They (the Australian Government) have the responsibility to ensure the safety of their people. And that is one thing we can understand and respect.

At this time we hope that this is not confirmed but if it is confirmed clearly we will do all we can to ensure that they will be released.

This has taken principally the form of coordinated patrol. Until recently, most of the so-called coordinated patrol has been of naval vessels but now the idea is to elevate that further, actually to coordinated patrols in terms if air surveillance, so called

The remission to Abu Bakar Bashir is not a reflection on the individual per se rather than the application of the remission program, which is applied in general.

It also has potential to cause problems to individuals who had nothing to do with the terrorism issue.

There's a sense that we've obtained from various quarters in the Security Council that the notion of an international tribunal is not really practical. Certainly Indonesia is not convinced, and we get a sense that the rest of the Security Council will need to be convinced about the recommendations.

We have received unconfirmed reports out of our embassy in Amman in Jordan that two Indonesian nationals, or precisely two Indonesian reporters ... have been taken away by armed individuals,

We are trying to solve the problem of haze in the spirit of good neighbourliness with Malaysia but are also hoping that other ASEAN member countries are taking notice and willing to lend a helping hand.

We find it difficult to comprehend, and we deeply regret the decision as it is discriminatory in the sense that it targeted certain countries without a clear reason,

The impact of NCDs is not only affecting the urban populations but also rural poor. This is compounding the basic problem of poverty.

Through the Australians, and the Japanese, too, I suppose, the Americans get their message across, but not in a heavy-handed way.