Gusmao postpones NTT visit

Fri, 11 Oct 2002, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: East Timorese President Xanana
Gusmao decided to postpone his visit to Indonesia's East Nusa
Tenggara province, Wirasakti District Military Command chief
Moeswarno Moesanip said on Thursday.

"Gusmao postponeed the visit indefinitely but he loves his
people. He does not discriminate against them based on their
ideology or political preferences. To him, they are the same,
East Timorese," Moeswarno said.

Gusmao was scheduled to visit the province by the end of this
month to urge East Timorese refugees staying in camps in West
Timor to return to their homeland.

Currently, some 35,000 East Timorese refugees consisting of
civilians, former members of Indonesian military and police, and
former civil servants, are still in refugee camps in West Timor.
--Antara

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