| Subject: AN: Indonesian president calls for
cooperative ties in East Timor address
Indonesian president calls for cooperative ties in East Timor address
April 10, 2005 7:40am
Text of report in English by Indonesian news agency Antara web site
Dili: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said here on
Saturday [9 April] the Indonesian people considered the East Timorese as
their closest relatives making the two nations and countries neighbours
who could not easily forget each other. "As their closest brothers
and neighbours, the Indonesian people wish to see East Timor achieve
progress and glory," he said in his speech in East Timor's
parliament.
He said "we wish to develop cooperation and help each other so
that the two nations can rise together for a brighter future."
"I share Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri's view that the relations
between the two nations must be developed based on future rather than past
outlooks," he said.
To develop brotherly and neighbourly relations, Indonesia and East
Timor have already made a number of common agendas and some of them had
even already been jointly carried out. Among the agendas that had not as
yet been finished are settlement of problems on refugees, assets, pay
rights of former Indonesian civil servants, military and police members
and border security.
"We have to be grateful and admitted that we have already settled
most of the problems jointly," Yudhoyono said. "If in 1999, the
number of East Timorese refugees staying in West Timor reached 285,000 now
it has dropped to only around 16,000. I am convinced the problem could
finally be settled correctly and wisely," he said. Yudhoyono hoped
the East Timor government would continue seeking efforts to immediately
finish the legal system for the problems.
Regarding border problems the two countries had so far settled 96 per
cent of their land border problems. Indonesia has also helped smoothen sea
transportation between Oecusse and Dili while land access between the East
Timor's conclave and other East Timorese regions would be open soon. The
two countries have also prepared immigration posts on the border to ease
land transportation between the two countries.
Source: Antara news agency, Jakarta, in English 10 Apr 05
BBC Monitoring
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Indonesian president welcomed to East Timor with "joy"
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Text of report in English by Indonesian news agency Antara web site
Dili: The East Timor people welcomed the arrival of Indonesian
president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to their country with joy and peace in
their hearts, East Timor's parliament Speaker Francisco Guterres Lu Olo
said here on Saturday [9 April]. "With joy we bid President Yudhoyono
and his entourage welcome. This simple word reflects the peaceful feeling
and friendship which has now been implanted in the hearts of all the East
Timorese people," he said in his speech when receiving President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and entourage at the parliament.
He said the people of East Timor would not forget what President
Yudhoyono had done to materialize peace, solidarity, brotherhood and
cooperation between the people of the two countries. Today, he said, East
Timor rises as a sovereign and free country that will be involved in
creating justice and peace in the world.
Under the spirit, he said, the East Timorese would develop solidarity
and cooperation with all nations in the world especially with Indonesia
and other countries in Southeast Asia. "East Timor is a small and
poor country with a small population but we will strive to develop
ourselves in solidarity with other nations," he said.
He said the East Timorese people also wished to convey their solidarity
to the people of Indonesia in Aceh, North Sumatra, Nias and other
countries who had recently faced tsunami and earthquake disasters.
"We believe with perseverance the Indonesian people will be able to
restore all that has been damaged by the disasters," he said.
President Yudhoyono arrived in East Timor on Friday after visiting
Australia and New Zealand for a state visit until Saturday. While there he
had witnessed the signing of a land border agreement and visited the Santa
Cruz cemetery as well as the Seroja cemetery for Indonesian heroes. He
left for home on Saturday.
Source: Antara news agency, Jakarta, in English 10 Apr 05
BBC Monitoring
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