REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi said here on Wednesday that the relations between Indonesia and Saudi Arabia remained good despite recent tweets made by Saudi ambassador Osama bin Mohammed Abdullah Al Shuaibi about Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). Al Shuaibi's mistake of calling NU a heretic organization in his Twitter account recently had been discussed by Marsudi and her Saudi counterpart Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeit by phone on Tuesday.

"The Saudi foreign minister stated over phone that Saudi Arabia has no policy of and will not tolerate intervention in the internal affairs of a country," she told a number of news media.

Considering the good relations and communication between the two countries so far, al Shuaibi's tweet was regrettable as it was not correct and runs counter to principles of diplomatic relations.

"Moreover, it was done in a country that is friendly to Saudi Arabia, like Indonesia," she noted.