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NewsMail Morning Edition Tue 01 Oct, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Abbott says he'll respect Indonesia's sovereignty By Samantha Hawley in Jakarta, staff Tony Abbott has guaranteed he will respect Indonesia's sovereignty when implementing his asylum seeker policies, while Indonesia has agreed greater bilateral cooperation is needed. The PM says he had a "very frank" and "constructive" discussion with Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta last night. Mr Abbott told a joint press conference that he is committed to working with Mr Yudhoyono to address people smuggling. "We had a very frank discussion about issues of sovereignty... and about issues of people smugglers," he said. "Australia's got total respect for Indonesia's sovereignty." 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