Ramos Horta not invited to East Timor dialog<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): East Timor separatist leader Ramos Horta will
\nnot be taking part in any dialog on the future of the territory,
\na Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said.<\/p>\n
Irawan Abidin, the ministry's director of information, told
\nThe Jakarta Post that the dialog on East Timor under the auspices
\nof the United Nations Secretary-General will only involve the
\nforeign ministers of Indonesia and Portugal.<\/p>\n
Irawan was commenting on the headline in Saturday's edition of
\nPost entitled \"RI welcomes Ramos in E. Timor dialog\", which he
\nsaid could send the wrong signals.<\/p>\n
He said the East Timor dialog at the United Nations remains
\nstrictly \"government-to-government\".<\/p>\n
Indonesian and Portuguese foreign ministers and the UN
\nsecretary-general met in Geneva for their fifth round of meetings
\nlast week. They agreed to facilitate meetings to bring about
\nreconciliation between the various opposing East Timor factions.<\/p>\n
Minister Ali Alatas of Indonesia, upon his return from Geneva
\non Friday, said that Ramos Horta would be allowed to take part in
\nthe reconciliation meetings provided that he did not raise
\npolitical issues. (emb)<\/p>",
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