The  Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia would like to thank the Government of Australia for the excellent  manner in which it has handled the security scare involving the sending of two envelopes containing suspicious substances to the  Embassy these past few days. The Embassy is relieved to learn that both suspicious packages were proven  to be harmless.

The Embassy strongly deplores those who have sent these suspicious packages and wishes to reiterate that Indonesia will not succumb to such acts of intimidation.

Ambassador Imron Cotan wishes to use this opportunity to publicly thank the people of Australia who have inundated the Embassy with messages of sympathy and support and hopes that these reckless acts will instead strengthen our determination to further the relations between the two neighboring countries.

Canberra, 8 June 2005

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