Govt moves to quash support for OPM

Thu, 06 Feb 2003, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: The government will step up diplomatic measures to
dissuade countries from hinting at political support or
recognition of rebels in the eastern most province of Papua.

"We'll use global diplomacy so that the world wholly respects
and support the territorial integrity of Papua," Coordinating
Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono said on Wednesday.

The Free Papua Movement (OPM) has been fighting a low scale
war for the natural resource rich province's independence since
the 1970s.

Last week, Vanuatu, a member of the Pacific Islands Forum,
irked the Indonesian government when it indicated it would open
OPM's first embassy on the island state. -- Antara

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