Why Indonesian President Joko Widodo has little regard for Australia

By Tom Allard
Updated May 22 2015 - 7:08pm, first published 6:55pm
Joko Widodo is a foreign policy neophyte and populist nationalist. Photo: Bullit Marquez
Joko Widodo is a foreign policy neophyte and populist nationalist. Photo: Bullit Marquez

If the execution last month of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran suggested that Indonesian President Joko Widodo has little regard for Australia, the missive from Indonesia's foreign ministry on Thursday has helped explain why.