Australia has reached a deal with Indonesia to resume intelligence and military cooperation, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Tuesday, ending a long rift which erupted late last year over Australian spying. Bishop and Prime Minister Tony Abbott will travel to Indonesia to sign the new "Joint Understanding of a Code of Conduct" with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and Indonesia's outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Australian media said. "We have reached agreement on the joint understanding and we are currently arranging a time to sign it," Bishop told the Australian Broadcasting Corp., without providing further details. The Indonesian Foreign Ministry was not immediately available for comment.
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