| Subject: AN: Indonesia, Timor Agree on
Permanent Border Crossing
BBC Monitoring International Reports
January 28, 2005
INDONESIA, EAST TIMOR AGREE ON PERMANENT BORDER CROSSING
Text of report by Indonesian newspaper Media Indonesia web site on 28
January
Jakarta: Indonesia and Timor Leste (East Timor) have agreed to
establish a permanent border crossing (PLB) for traditional communities
that live on the border between the two countries to strengthen kinship
ties and to preserve peace.
The third Indonesia-Timor Leste border meeting was conducted in Atambua,
in Belu district, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) yesterday. The Indonesian
delegation was led by the Commander of the Border Security Task Force (Satgas
Pamtas) for NTT-Timor Leste, Colonel Aris Setia Budi. While the Belu
District Administrator, Joachim Lopez and the Deputy-District
Administrator, Gregorius Mau Bili Fernandez acted like house guests.
"Participants in the meeting agreed to establish the PLB for the
traditional communities that live in the border region between NTT and
Timor Leste and to reopen the border markets in Turiskain, Motamasin and
Mota'ain that the communities from both regions have been waiting
on," explained Gregorius while reading the results of the meeting.
Apart from that, they also agreed to conduct routine meetings every
three months which would include (representatives from) the Belu, Bobonaro
and Covalima district administrations as well as the Northern Central (TTU)
and Oecussi enclave district administrations.
Source: Media Indonesia, Jakarta, in Indonesian 28 Jan 05
) BBC Monitoring
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