SBY to meet with Singaporean PM on Sunday
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled on Sunday to take part in a bilateral meeting with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien-Loon on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on East Asia 2011 in Jakarta.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said earlier that the two leaders would discuss bilateral cooperation in general, stopping short on revealing whether they would touch on the contentious issue of the extradition treaty.
In 2007, both countries signed an extradition treaty. Ratification of the treaty was stalled at the Indonesian House of Representatives, which refused to approve both the treaty and a defense agreement. Singapore tried to link the agreements.
The non-existent treaty has created hindrances for Indonesian authorities in chasing fugitives fleeing to Singapore.
The topic has become a hot issue again recently after two prominent Indonesian fugitives implicated in separate graft cases, Muhammad Nazaruddin and Nunun Nurbaeti, reportedly fled to the neighboring country.
Indonesia Corruption Watch has recorded that 45 people linked to graft cases have fled overseas in the last 10 years, with 20 choosing Singapore as their destination.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled on Sunday to take part in a bilateral meeting with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien-Loon on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on East Asia 2011 in Jakarta.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said earlier that the two leaders would discuss bilateral cooperation in general, stopping short on revealing whether they would touch on the contentious issue of the extradition treaty.
In 2007, both countries signed an extradition treaty. Ratification of the treaty was stalled at the Indonesian House of Representatives, which refused to approve both the treaty and a defense agreement. Singapore tried to link the agreements.
The non-existent treaty has created hindrances for Indonesian authorities in chasing fugitives fleeing to Singapore.
The topic has become a hot issue again recently after two prominent Indonesian fugitives implicated in separate graft cases, Muhammad Nazaruddin and Nunun Nurbaeti, reportedly fled to the neighboring country.
Indonesia Corruption Watch has recorded that 45 people linked to graft cases have fled overseas in the last 10 years, with 20 choosing Singapore as their destination.
