GAM to hand over more weapons to AMM

GAM to hand over more weapons to AMM

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The fourth stage of Free Aceh Movement (GAM)
weapons decommissioning will take place in Southeast Aceh regency
between Dec. 14 and Dec. 17, chief of a peace monitoring team
said on Thursday.

Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) chief Pieter Feith said he
believed GAM would stick to its commitment to hand over the
weapons. The rebel movement had handed over 856 weapons to the
peace monitoring contingent up until the third phase of weapons
decommissioning in November.

The disarmament is part of the Helsinki peace deal forged on
August 15 between the Indonesian government and GAM, which ended
almost 30 years of bloody armed conflict in the resource-rich
province.

In return, the Indonesian Military and police have been urged
to withdraw their troops from Aceh. In order to comply with GAM's
demand, thousands of police and military personnel have been
pulled out of the province. -- Antara