The news comes amidst a continued diplomatic fallout between Indonesia and Australia over National Security Agency spying. Indonesia has recalled its ambassador to Australia and frozen military cooperation following recent disclosures showing the NSA used Australia as part of its global spying operations. Australian intelligence agencies reportedly tried to tap the phone of Indonesia’s president and other top officials. Earlier today, around 200 people marched on the Australian embassy in Jakarta, some burning Australian flags. During a visit to Washington, both Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Secretary of State John Kerry refused to comment on the Indonesia controversy.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop: “We do not discuss intelligence matters, certainly not allegations. We do not discuss them publicly, and we will not do so.”

Secretary of State John Kerry: “We work with our friends in Indonesia on many different issues, and we will continue to do that. But whatever has been or not been released or being discussed in the papers, I believe, as I think our friends in Australia do, is a matter of intelligence and intelligence procedures, and we don’t discuss intelligence procedures in any sort of public way.”