RI joins Korean energy plan

Tue, 16 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has agreed to join the Korean
Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) to help supply
North Korea with alternative energy sources as it replaces its
graphite based reactors with light water ones which produce less
grade plutonium.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas formally conveyed
Jakarta's willingness to participate in a letter to his Japanese,
South Korean and United States on Jan. 5, 1996.

KEDO was formed by the U.S., South Korea and Japan on March 9,
1995.

Though it is unclear how Indonesia would contribute, U.S.
Ambassador-at-Large Robert Gallucci has said that "Indonesia is
in a position to help with heavy fuel oil." (mds)

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