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Govt, ex-rebels meet in Helsinki
JAKARTA: Government officials held a two-day meeting in Helsinki with former leaders of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebel group, more than three years after both sides signed a peace pact in the Finnish capital
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JAKARTA: Government officials held a two-day meeting in Helsinki with former leaders of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebel group, more than three years after both sides signed a peace pact in the Finnish capital.
Tarmizi Age of the World Acehnese Association (WAA) said state enterprise minister Sofyan Djalil led the government delegation at the informal talks that concluded Monday. Other officials included deputy coordinating minister for the people's welfare Farid Hussain, Director General for Human Rights Harkristuti Harkrisnowo and Indonesian Military official Lt. Gen. Bambang Dharmono.
The former separatists were represented by Zaini Abdullah, Zakaria Saman, Muzakkir Manaf, Jahja Mu'az, Kamaruddin, Ampon Nazar and Ibrahim Syamsuddin.
Also present were Peter Feith, the former head of the Aceh Monitoring Mission, and representatives of the Helsinki-based Crisis Management Initiative, which mediated the peace talks.
Among the topics of discussion were the implementation of the law on the Aceh government, security and human rights. -- JP
