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oreign Ministry spokesman Armanatha Nasir said the ministry had received an official notification from the Attorney General'€™s Office (AGO) regarding the execution of two Australian drug traffickers whose clemency pleas have been rejected by President Joko '€œJokowi'€ Widodo.

'€œWe received the notification yesterday and we have duly notified the Australian Embassy,'€ Armanatha said on Friday.  

Citing the notification, Armanatha said Andrew Chan, 31, and Myuran Sukumaran, 33, would be executed later this month by a firing squad. The specific time and location of the execution has not yet been decided.

Apart from the two Australians, the AGO has revealed its plan to execute another nine prisoners, including Rodrigo Gularte of Brazil, Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso of the Philippines, Serge Areski Atlaoui of France, Martin Anderson of Ghana and Raheem Agbaje Salami of Nigeria; four Indonesian convicts will also be executed.

The diplomat hoped that the execution of the two Australians, members of the so-called Bali Nine drug-trafficking ring, would not disrupt diplomatic ties between Jakarta and Canberra.

'€œThis is about the process of upholding the law in Indonesia. We are not looking at who they are or where they are from, we are just addressing the crimes that they have committed,'€ he explained.

Last month, the government executed six prisoners from Malawi, Brazil, Nigeria, Vietnam, the Netherlands and Indonesia, for their involvement in drug trafficking. The President has repeatedly said he will show no mercy to drug traffickers.

Chan, Sukumaran and the other members of Bali Nine were sentenced to death for attempting to smuggle over 8.3 kilograms of heroin from Bali to Australia in 2005.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott indicated on Wednesday that there was little chance of saving the lives of his two fellow citizens. '€œI just want to assure that the Australian government has left no stone unturned to try to ensure these two Australians on death row have their sentences commuted.'€

The pair were informed by the Australian consulate on Friday morning that the execution would be conducted this month.

Meanwhile, Sukumaran'€™s sister Brintha called on the government to give her brother a second chance saying he had totally repented.

'€œPlease don'€™t kill my brother. Please don'€™t kill my brother. Please,'€ Brintha said through tears as she left Kerobokan prison on Friday.

She said her brother was very scared about the execution. '€œHe is scared, I can see it in his eyes.'€

Beside Sukumaran'€™s sister, the family of Chan has been in Bali for almost two weeks after they were informed about Jokowi'€™s clemency rejection.