Indonesia sought to reassure the international shipping community they will not have another potential “pay-to-pass” scenario on their hands at the Strait of Malacca. Indonesia ’s top foreign diplomat said the country will not pursue tolls on ships passing through the strait, seeking to calm concerns after its finance minister floated the idea at a symposium in Jakarta earlier this week. “As a trading nation, Indonesia supports freedom of navigation and expects open sea lanes,” Indonesian foreign minister Sugiono said Thursday. “Indonesia is not in a position to impose such charges—that would not be appropriate.” A day prior, finance minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa on Wednesday questioned whether it was “right or wrong” that Indonesia does not charge tolls on vessels transiting the waterway, which runs between the country’s largest territory, Sumatra, and peninsular Malaysia . “If we split it three ways between Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore , that could be quite something, right?” he joked.…