Ambassadors, donors to visit Maluku

AMBON, Maluku: Ambon mayor Papilaja stated on Friday that ambassadors and representatives from international organizations would visit the city of Ambon early in March.

They included the ambassadors from the Netherlands, South Korea and Russia to Indonesia.

In the two-day visit from March. 1, the ambassadors and representatives would be able to observe Maluku in the aftermath of bloody sectarian conflict in the province that killed dozens thousands of people.

Papilaja said that the municipality government would present to the visitors a plan by Ambon to rebuild the city.

"We are hoping that they will help us in the rebuilding," he said. -- JP