ABRI sends officers for overseas duty<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Fifteen officers of the Armed Forces' Garuda XVI
\ncontingent reported to ABRI headquarters prior to leaving for
\ntheir assignments in war-torn Mozambique. Two reported for duty
\nin Somalia and another was headed for Kuwait, all working under
\nthe United Nations banners.<\/p>\n
The officers were received by Lt. Gen. H.B.L. Mantiri, ABRI's
\nChief of General Affairs, the Armed Forces' Headquarters in
\nCilangkap, East Jakarta, announced..<\/p>\n
The 15 Mozambique-bound are led by Maj. Kuswandi. They will be
\nworking there as observers.<\/p>\n
The two leaving for Somalia will join the UN peacekeeping
\nmission known as UNOSOM, and the one to Kuwait will assume a post
\nat the UN's Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM).<\/p>\n
Mantiri in his brief speech said the overseas tasks were
\nlogical outgrowths of Indonesia's membership in the UN and were
\nalso in line with the country's ideology and constitution which
\nhighly values international peace.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has had a long experience with past UN missions,
\neither as peacekeepers or as military observers, all named the
\nGaruda contingent, in Kuwait, Somalia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and
\nCambodia.<\/p>\n
A press report from Yemen suggested that Indonesia has also
\nbeen asked to take part in a UN peacekeeping mission there,
\nhowever officials in Jakarta were not available for comment.<\/p>\n
Indonesia will soon send a Garuda XV contingent to Angola, as
\nwell as an additional 10 people to Bosnia as military observers.<\/p>\n
Mantiri expressed his hope that the soldiers would profit from
\ntheir experiences, both for each individual and for the Armed
\nForces. (pwn)<\/p>",
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