RI, PNG talks on joint border resume<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and Papua New Guinea opened its 13th
\nmeeting of their joint border committee yesterday, in the West
\nKalimantan capital of Pontianak.<\/p>\n
Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. said in
\nhis opening address the committee should prioritize discussions
\non establishment of more border posts.<\/p>\n
Yogie said Indonesia would seek Papua New Guinea government's
\nagreement to set up border posts in Skou, Sota Waris and Warapko.<\/p>\n
Indonesia would also propose development of more aid to
\nnavigation, including construction of lighthouses along the two
\ncountries' common borders.<\/p>\n
Indonesia is also considering building immigration check
\npoints near the aid-to-navigation facilities.<\/p>\n
Members of the joint border committee meet alternately in
\nIndonesia and Papua New Guinea. Last year's meeting took place in
\nRabaul, Papua New Guinea.<\/p>\n
Border crossing is the most common problem that Indonesia and
\nPapua New Guinea are trying to regulate. Indigenous populations
\nof Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea along the two countries'
\nborder have strong traditional relations.<\/p>\n
In the past, diplomatic ripples between Port Moresby and
\nJakarta used to occur when the border crossings involved
\nguerrillas of the Free Papua Movement who sought a state
\nindependent from Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Yogie told the meeting yesterday that Indonesia had almost
\ncompleted a four-kilometer road connecting Irian Jaya and Papua
\nNew Guinea.(pan)<\/p>",
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