Visiting Australia`s new Home Affairs Minister Hon Bob Debus MP will seek to strengthen bilateral ties in a range of areas, including law enforcement and legal and customs cooperation, ANTARA quoted an Australian Embassy media release as saying today. It said that while in Jakarta from February 24-26, Debus was scheduled to meet a number of senior Indonesian ministers and officials, including Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda, Attorney-General Hendarman Supandji, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani, and Law and Human Rights Minister Andi Mattalatta. The Australian minister would also discuss the wide range of joint activities under way between Australian and Indonesian officials to combat illegal fishing, smuggling and other cross-border crimes in the region in meetings with Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister, Freddie Numberi, and the Head of Indonesia`s Maritime Security Coordinating Board.
