Use of Malaysia's airports

Use of Malaysia's airports

I wish to refer to the letter from Martin, Medan, North
Sumatra, which appeared in The Jakarta Post on Jan. 12.

I would like to inform Martin and also the other readers of
the Post that Malaysia has agreed to allow donor countries to use
its airspace and airports as transit bases to send humanitarian
aid for victims of the tsunami catastrophe in Aceh.

The permission to use the airspace and airports was a gesture
of Malaysia's cooperation with foreign countries, in extending
humanitarian aid to Aceh, the hardest hit in the natural
calamity.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono himself has acknowledged
Malaysia's assistance in allowing the use of the Subang airport
as one of the centers of operation (the Post, Jan. 9).

It is our hope that the readers are convinced of Malaysia's
sympathy and commitment in alleviating the sufferings of its
nearest neighbor.

HAMIDAH ASHARI
Counselor
Malaysian Embassy
Jakarta