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Letters: Singapore-Indonesia defense talks
I refer to your article Singapore-Indonesia Defense Talks at Stalemate (The Jakarta Post online, March 11, 2009) in which Minister Juwono Sudarsono was reported to have said that Singapore had "ceased" further discussions on the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) This is misleading
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I refer to your article Singapore-Indonesia Defense Talks at Stalemate (The Jakarta Post online, March 11, 2009) in which Minister Juwono Sudarsono was reported to have said that Singapore had "ceased" further discussions on the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA)
This is misleading. There has been no progress on the DCA because Indonesia insisted on substantive changes to the implementing Arrangements (IAs) for the DCA despite having earlier agreed to the IAs.
Singapore stands ready to proceed with the agreed and signed package of the DCA and Extradition Treaty (ET) when Indonesia is prepared to do so.
RAJPAL SINGH
First Secretary
Singapore Embassy
Jakarta
