Australian PM in Jakarta to repair strained relations

Nice to meet you: Turnbull shaking hands with the people after visiting a market with Widodo in central Jakarta, Indonesia. — Reuters

JAKARTA: Australian Prime Minis­ter Malcolm Turnbull made his first visit to Indonesia since taking power, seeking to repair a key relationship strained by repeated crises under his conservative predecessor.

Ties between the neighbours sank to their lowest level in years under former premier Tony Abbott, over rows about Jakarta’s execution of Australian drug smugglers, Canberra’s hardline policy of turning migrant boats back to Indonesia and espionage allegations.