----------------------------------------------------------
FREE for JOIN Indonesia Daily News Online via EMAIL:
go to: http://www.indo-news.com/subscribe.html
- FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE -
Please Visit Our Sponsor
http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1
++ Pemilu Online: http://www.indo-news.com/pemilu/ ++
----------------------------------------------------------

Antara, 16 Juni 1999

Xanana to Discuss Falintil's Disarmament with KPS

Dili, E Timor, June 15 (ANTARA) - The question of disarming the
Falintil, the armed wing of the proindependence Fretilin, will
be discussed at a meeting in Jakarta Wednesday between Fretilin
leader Xanana Gusmao and the East Timor Peace and Stability
Commission (KPS), a KPS spokesman said here Tuesday.

The meeting will also be attended by Tamrad Samuel, special
envoy of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, according to
Florentino Sarmento, the commission's official spokesman.

"Since the establishment of the KPS on April 21, 1999, the
Falintil has never appointed a representative to sit in the
commission. Only the East Timor National Resistance Council
(CNRT) has two representatives in the KPS. They are Leandro
Isaak and David Dias Ximenes. The latter, however, has never
been prepared to attend KPS meetings," Sarmento said.

The schedule of preparations for the Aug 8 ballot was very tight
and a serious discussion on the disarmament issue with the CNRT
top leader Xanana Gusmao was necessary to help ensure the
success of the ballot, Sarmento said.

"If disarmament is only applied to the prointegration militia,
there will be an unfavorable situation for the entire process
involving the ballot, in the runup to the ballot, during the
ballot itself and thereafter," he said.

The main points of the meeting's agenda would thus be
disarmament, Falintil representation in the KPS and efforts to
put and end to hostilities among East Timorese themselves, he
said.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Didistribusikan tgl. 21 Jun 1999 jam 12:42:07 GMT+1
oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.Indo-News.com/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Kirim email ke