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SYDNEY: Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he was confident Australia could restore its relationship with Indonesia despite anger over the execution of two drug convicts, whose bodies reportedly returned home today.

Andrew Chan, 31, and Myuran Sukumaran, 34, were killed by firing squad on Wednesday over their role in a plot to bring heroin to Australia from the Indonesian resort island of Bali, despite international pleas to Jakarta for clemency.

Abbott said he understood the dismay and anger over the executions but respected Indonesia's sovereignty.

"It really was terrible that these cruel and unnecessary executions went ahead," he told reporters in Sydney.

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