[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Indonesia, E Timor discuss report

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Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:34:25 +0100
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Last Updated: Friday, 17 February 2006, 12:12 GMT 



      Indonesia, E Timor discuss report  
            By Tim Johnstone 
            BBC, Jakarta  






             
            Both men played down the report's significance 
      The leaders of Indonesia and East Timor have met to discuss a 
controversial UN-backed report on Indonesia's 24-year occupation of East Timor. 

      The report, which was presented to the UN last month, accused Indonesia 
of complicity in as many as 180,000 East Timorese deaths. 

      Neither leader wants the report to sour relations between the two 
countries. 

      Both sides have rejected the report's calls for an international tribunal 
to bring justice for the victims. 

      The two leaders were supposed to meet last month, but Jakarta cancelled 
the meeting. 

      Indonesia was apparently unhappy with the decision by the Timorese 
President, Xanana Gusmao, to give the highly critical report extra prominence 
by handing it to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in person. 

           EAST TIMOR 
             
            1975: Indonesia invades after colonial power Portugal withdraws
            Indonesia's often brutal rule opposed by Fretilin fighters
            1999: More than 1,000 people killed over independence referendum
            2002: East Timor becomes independent nation


            E Timor: Birth of a Nation  

      Friday's meeting represented a return to normality for relations between 
the two governments. 

      Speaking after the meeting, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang 
Yudhoyono said it had been productive and that the two countries would seek to 
sort out their past history among themselves. 

      Both nations want to play down tensions. They have set up their own 
commission on truth and friendship, which will look into the period of the 
occupation, but critics say it does not meet international human rights 
standards. 

      While many East Timorese want to see justice done for their suffering 
during Indonesia's occupation, President Gusmao and his government long ago 
decided that good relations with their giant neighbour must take precedence. 

      Indonesia is still extremely sensitive on the subject of East Timor. 

      Many Indonesians believe the territory they once called their 27th 
province was stolen from them by an international conspiracy and they are in no 
mood to concede either a domestic prosecution of their own people, or an 
international tribunal to sit in judgement. 


     


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