Indon trade deal caveat not put to Cormann

Updated November 9 2018 - 11:26am, first published 10:44am
Senator Cormann says the caveat wasn't raised with him during meetings with ministers in Indonesia.
Senator Cormann says the caveat wasn't raised with him during meetings with ministers in Indonesia.

Indonesian officials didn't ask Finance Minister Mathias Cormann for a guarantee Australia will keep its Israel embassy where it is in order to get a trade deal done, he says.