article_snippet.sent: As well, Independent senator Nick Xenophon could see that the executions of Andrew Chan and Sukumaran could damage relations between Australia and Indonesia. '
article_snippet.sent: I was advised at the time that it would be a bad idea to approach Independent senator Nick Xenophon, so I didn't,' Independent senator Nick Xenophon told ABC radio. '
article_snippet.sent: Mr Prasetyo (second right) shrugged off diplomatic backlash from Australia after Prime Minister Tony Abbott slammed the executions  as 'cruel and unnecessary' and announced Mr Prasetyo (second right) would withdraw Australia's ambassador to Indonesia Paul Grigson. '
article_snippet.sent: Indonesia's Vice President Jusuf Kalla said withdrawing an ambassador was a normal diplomatic protest. '
article_snippet.sent: That's the signal of protest, we did that too,' Indonesia's Vice President Jusuf Kalla said, referring to the time Indonesia withdrew Indonesia ambassador to Australia in 2013 over a phone tapping scandal.
article_snippet.sent: Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Australia will withdraw Australia ambassador to Indonesia in an unprecedented diplomatic response to the executions of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan .
article_snippet.sent: Australia's ambassador to Indonesia Paul Grigson will return to Australia at the end of this week .
article_snippet.sent: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (left) said Australian consular officials in Indonesia will arrange for the bodies to be repatriated to Australia, ensuring that Australian consular officials in Indonesia are treated with 'appropriate dignity and respect' Joko Widodo, the president of Indonesia, is widely regarded as weak.
article_snippet.sent: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (left) has ignored international pressure to cease executions of foreign drug convicts .