---------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 1 1999 E. Timor: RI Explains Rejection of Australian MPs Canberra, June 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Ambassador to Australia Wiryono Sastrohandoyo said the presence of foreign observers in the run up to the direct vote in East Timor is arranged by the United Nations which has recruited 400 observers. "The number is more than enough to monitor the ballot, and if more of them are sent it would be difficult to take care of them there," Wiryono said in a press statement in Canberra Wednesday. The Indonesian embassy deemed it necessary to explain a number of Australian legislators who had complained they had been refused to come to troubled East Timor. East Timor will be teeming with foreign guests, consisting of observers, journalists and UNAMET personnel, toward the direct vote scheduled for August 22. And if more of them are sent there, lack of accomodation and facilities may occur in view of the limited number of hotels in the former Portuguese colony. In this context, therefore, the Indonesian goverment had no intention to reject the aplications for a visa that had been filed by Australian MPs. The Indonesian government hoped the Australian MPs would understand the situation, Wiryono said. A six-member New South Wales parliamentary delegation said their application for a visa for East Timor had been turned down. (U.LCB-01/9:35PM/INT-NG/21:54/NN01/22:42) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 5 Jul 1999 jam 06:06:28 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
