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RI wants consular access for two students detained in Turkey
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Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi speaks at a press conference at the Jakarta residence of Indonesia’s first foreign minister, Achmad Soebardjo, which was also his office. (JP/Tama Salim)
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ndonesia is continuing to push for consular access for two students detained in Turkey, with efforts carried out in both countries, Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi said on Tuesday.
"It's important that consular access is given to our representatives in Ankara to be allowed to meet with the two students," she told reporters, adding that she had conveyed the same message to the Turkish ambassador to Indonesia on Monday in a series of meetings with representatives from the Turkish government to discuss the issue.
Granting consular access is the responsibility of the host country, as clearly stated in the Vienna Convention, Retno added.
She spoke with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevut Cavusoglu on Saturday, when the latter promised to continuously coordinate on the development of the issue. Meanwhile, the Indonesian ambassador to Turkey met with the local higher education deputy president on Friday to discuss the case.
The female students, initialled DP and YU, have met with a lawyer assigned by the Indonesian Embassy in Ankara, Retno added, promising that the families of the pair would be told of any news.
The two students were arrested in a crackdown on Aug. 11 at their residence in Bursa; it has been reported that they are grantees of the PASIAD scholarship associated with US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen, who is accused of orchestrating a failed coup attempt in July. (rin)
