The coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs decided to cancel the meeting scheduled to begin on Monday due to the quake.
"All guests to the meeting are safe. Because of the earthquake we have decided to cance, the sub-regional meeting that will discuss terroris amd let them return to their home countries," he said in a press release.
He said that it was during dinner to welcome the guests when the quake happened. He said he had had an opportunity to meet with Australia`s minister of home affairs Peter Dutton.
"We have discussed several issues thoroughly with minister Dutton and we have also produced a joint communique stressing the importance of cooperation between the two countries," he said.
Bilateral meetings have also tsken place with Myanmar`s national security advisor, Singapore`s minister of home affairs and New Zealand`s minister of law.
Reporter: Syaiful Hakim
Editor: Suharto
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