Indonesian President Joko Widodo said today that his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte has given the green light for Indonesia to execute a Philippine woman currently on death row for drug trafficking.

In a statement posted on the cabinet secretary's website, Joko, widely known as Jokowi, said he had discussed the suspended execution of Mary Jane Veloso with Duterte during his visit to Indonesia last week, but declined to provide further details.

"President Duterte said at the time to go ahead with the execution," Joko said after conducting Eid prayers in Serang, Banten province.

He said he told Duterte that Veloso had been caught carrying 2.6kg of heroin when she was arrested at Yogyakarta's airport in April 2010, before being sentenced to death in October the same year.

Before his visit to Indonesia, Duterte said he would ask Joko to grant Veloso leniency, however he made no reference to the case in a joint press statement after their meeting.

Veloso was granted a last-minute stay of execution last year when Philippine authorities requested her testimony in an ongoing legal case in her home country after her boss was arrested.

Both Joko and Duterte are currently waging a war on drugs in their respective countries.

Under Joko, who took office in 2014, Indonesia has executed 18 people convicted for drug trafficking.

In the Philippines, 1,011 suspected drug users and dealers have been killed in police operations between July 1 and Sept 4, according to police statistics.

Police also recorded 1,391 deaths during the same period which are still being investigated.

- dpa