PNG to purchase arms from RI

PNG to purchase arms from RI

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Indonesian Armed Forces Commander
Gen. Feisal Tanjung said here Saturday that Papua New Guinea
(PNG) is planning to purchase arms from Indonesia.

"Papua New Guinea considers the price of our military arms
more affordable than those from Australia. So, they intend to buy
from us," Feisal said, reported Antara.

Accompanied by National Police Chief Gen. Dibyo Widodo and 36
high-ranking military officers, Feisal stopped here on his way
back to Jakarta from Merauke, Irian Jaya, after visiting PNG.

Apart from the arms purchase deal, ABRI and its PNG
counterpart worked on plans for a military training program and
joint exercise.

Both parties also discussed the problem of separatist groups
in Irian Jaya. "We agreed that PNG would extradite the separatist
rebels when they finished serving their sentences in PNG," Feisal
said. (swe)