Indonesia's foreign minister said on Thursday he welcomed the

Indonesia's foreign minister said on Thursday he welcomed the
presence of foreign troops in the country to help with tsunami
relief efforts but criticized a local official who suggested
those forces might stay for years. "I think that perhaps words
expressed at the local level were not too appropriate," said
Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda, speaking at a press conference
in Berlin with his German counterpart Joschka Fischer. He added:
"You can rest assured that we welcome even ... foreign troops.
Their presence is based on our request." Earlier, the deputy
governor of Aceh province on Sumatra island's northern tip, said
he felt foreign troops should stay as long as they were needed,
even if that meant years. -- Reuters