Indonesia, Australia strike asylum-seeker deal

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Updated October 21, 2009 12:51:13

Australian and Indonesia have agreed to work on setting up a new framework to deal with asylum seekers intercepted in international waters. The agreement was reached during a meeting between the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta.

Indonesia has already agreed to temporarily accept 78 Sri Lanka asylum seekers on board an Australian customs ship, the Oceanic Viking.

Presenter:Sen Lam
Speakers: Dino Djalal, Indonesian presidential spokesman; Stephen Smith, Australia's foreign minister

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