SINGAPORE/JAKARTA — Indonesia will host Singapore’s top diplomat on Tuesday, its foreign ministry said, as tensions simmer between the two neighbors over persistent haze from Indonesia’s wildfires and Jakarta’s decision to cut gas supplies to the city-state.
Jakarta cut pipelined gas to Singapore by about 8% as of Saturday, saying it was safeguarding domestic supplies. The move came days after Indonesia’s energy minister threatened to review export contracts with countries “that are not cooperative and do not treat Indonesia with mutual respect”.
He did not name the countries.
The visit by Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, which Singapore has yet to confirm, comes as frustration builds in the city-state and neighboring Malaysia over transboundary haze from Indonesia’s most intense forest fires in 11 years.
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