Malcolm Turnbull has reset relations with Indonesia and expressed confidence the Free Trade Agreement will be signed next month after meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo. But he has warned Indonesia will not tolerate moving the Australian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Labor will mount its own diplomatic push with Jakarta today by promising closer diplomatic ties and to dump any plan to relocate Australia's Israeli embassy to Jerusalem.
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