Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Indonesia interrupts military relations with Australia, because an "insult"


Indonesia stopped any form of military cooperation with Australia, saying there are many things that need improvement.

Indonesian military officials said the measures were taken in December and many were affected by its activities, among which joint exercises.

Officially, Indonesia said came for technical reasons, without specifying further. But, according to local media reports soured after Indonesian troops in an offensive material found under Australian.

According to the Indonesian newspaper "Kompas", members of the military found inadmissible based materials that offend "Pankasilen". The latter is a founding principle of Indonesia and is regarded as the philosophical basis of the country. It consists of several principles that are part of the Constitution and who tread in Indonesia found in very serious trouble.

In this case, it appears that Indonesia can not imprison anyone and chose termination of military relations with Australia, the only measure that remained. Australia did not react to the news, while the Indonesian media write that cooperation is expected to resume soon, once the Australian military to take action for what happened.

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