FINLAND: INDONESIAN OFFICIALS AND ACEH REBELS CONTINUE 5TH ROUND OF PEACE TALKS NEAR HELSINKI

Record ID: 646563

  • Title: FINLAND: INDONESIAN OFFICIALS AND ACEH REBELS CONTINUE 5TH ROUND OF PEACE TALKS NEAR HELSINKI
  • Date: 13th July 2005
  • Summary: (BN08) HELSINKI, FINLAND (JULY 13, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. EXTERIOR OF INDONESIA AMBASSADOR RESIDENCE 0.05 2. STATUE OF MAN 0.09 3. CLOSE UP OF HEAD OF STATUE 0.13 4. SOFYAN DJALIL, INDONESIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION MINISTER, TALKING TO REPORTERS 0.18 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SOFYAN DJALIL, INDONESIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION MINISTER SAYING: "We have come very far. If you can remember that the first time we came here in last January the distance, the gap between GAM (Free Aceh Movement) and the Indonesian government was very wide. The environment was so unfriendly at that time and now we have moved very far away. I like to say as if we build a bridge already, and then I think we will be able to cross the bridge." 0.48 6. CU: REPORTERS LISTENING 0.52 7. CLOSE UP OF HAND TAKING NOTES 0.57 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SOFYAN DJALIL, INDONESIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION MINISTER SAYING: "Mr.Bambang Darmono is participating in discussing the security arrangements. The security arrangements and its technicalities, out of a military perspective mean how to collect weapons later on and how to redeploy our military force and things like that. All this technical things need to be discussed and Bambang Darmono is very knowledgeable about that and he discussed that issue with the counterparts from the EU because as you know, EU and ASEAN will participate as members of the monitoring team." 1.39 9. INDONESIAN JUSTICE MINISTER HAMID AWALUDDIN WALKING OUT OF RESIDENCE (2 SHOTS) 1.54 10. DJALIL GETTING INTO CAR 1.58 11. PAN: CARS DRIVING AWAY 2.14 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: HELSINKI, FINLAND
  • Country: Finland
  • Reuters ID: LVAH4TG8M9A9BZ5PUE9THGP2SZZ
  • Story Text: Indonesian officials and Aceh rebels meet for peace
    talks in Helsinki.


    Indonesian communications Minister Sofyan Djalil
    told reporters before leaving for the second day of talks
    on Wednesday morning (July 13) that he was very optimistic
    in reaching a final agreement by the end of the week.

    "We have come very far. If you can remember that the
    first time we came here in last January the distance, the
    gap between GAM (Free Aceh Movement) and the Indonesian
    government was very wide. The environment was so unfriendly
    at that time and now we have moved very far away. I like to
    say as if we build a bridge already, and then I think we
    will be able to cross the bridge," he said.

    Another sign that a deal could be imminent was the
    presence in the Indonesian delegation that arrived in
    Finland on Monday of Major-General Bambang Darmono, a
    senior Indonesian soldier who previously led a military
    crackdown against GAM fighters.

    "Mr. Bambang Darmono is participating in discussing the
    security arrangements. The security arrangements and its
    technicalities, out of a military perspective mean how to
    collect weapons later on and how to redeploy our military
    force and things like that. All this technical things need
    to be discussed and Bambang Darmono is very knowledgeable
    about that and he discussed that issue with the
    counterparts from the EU because as you know, EU and ASEAN
    will participate as members of the monitoring team," Djalil
    concluded.

    The rebels have already agreed to set aside their
    demand for independence, and to settle for some form of
    autonomy within Indonesia.

    The conflict in Aceh has persisted for over three
    decades. The current peace talks began after the December
    tsunami hit the province, and are seen as the best chance
    to end the fighting that has killed some 15,000 people
    since 1976
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