Australia has no plans to withdraw its diplomats from Indonesia but Foreign Minister Julie Bishop would not speculate on what might happen "should the Indonesian government carry through its threat to execute" two members of the Bali Nine.
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The Foreign Minister said there had been dozens of meetings between the two countries since the Bali Nine were sentenced and that it was "necessary" Australia keep its diplomats in the country to lobby the Indonesian government.
Brazil and the Netherlands have recalled their ambassadors from Jakarta in protest after two of their citizens were executed at the weekend for drug offences, along with four others.
The deaths by firing squad have heightened concerns for Australians Myuran Sukumaran and his fellow heroin smuggler, Andrew Chan, who are currently on death row in Indonesia.
The executions could take place within months, as Indonesia cracks down on illicit drug use.
Ms Bishop told Sky News on Monday that the Australia government would continue to argue against the executions of Sukumaran and Chan.
When asked if Australia would also consider pulling out its diplomats, Ms Bishop replied, "at this point, it's necessary for us to have our consular people in Indonesia making representations".
She said she would not speculate about what would happen "should the Indonesian government carry through its threat to execute Australians".
Ms Bishop said that there had been at least 50 meetings between Australia and Indonesia about the issue, since the Bali 9 were sentenced in 2006.
"On each occasion the Indonesian government of the day has rejected our representations."
Ms Bishop wrote to her Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi as recently as December, but said her plea had been rejected.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has also written to Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
Ms Bishop said Australia would continue to point out to Indonesia that Australia opposed the death penalty and that both men had made "significant efforts" to rehabilitate themselves while in jail in Indonesia.
She also said that she did not believe that executing people was the answer to solving Indonesia's drug problem.
Ms Bishop has spoken to the families of Sukumaran and Chan, who are "hoping and praying that there will be clemency".
The two men were among the ringleaders of a plot to transport more than eight kilograms of heroin from Bali to Sydney. Along with the other members of the Bali Nine, they were arrested in April 2005 at Denpasar airport following a tip-off to Indonesian authorities from the Australian Federal Police.
