---------------------------------------------------------- Visit Indonesia Daily News Online HomePage: http://www.indo-news.com/ Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ANTARA, September 22, 1999 E Timor: Territory Must Not Become "Second Somalia", Says Udayana Mily Chief Kupang, E Nusa Tenggara, Sept 21 (ANTARA)- A military commander said here on Tuesday, Indonesia did not wish to see East Timor become a "second Somalia" where the threat of civil continued to loom despite the presence of UN troops. "We do not expect it and therefore the conflicting people of East Timor have to be willing to reconcile," Major General Adam Damiri, caommander of the Udayana military command overseeing among others East Timor, said. He made the statement in reply to a reporter's question about the possibility of situation in East Timor turning similiar to that in Somalia where armed conflicts continued to occur in spite of the presence of UN troops. Damiri said situation in East Timor could become normal if integration and pro independence fighters would talk. He said the International Forces for East Timor (Interfet) had to be able to disarm all the fighters in order to stop armed conflicts. The UN forces have to be able to make both sides make peace, he added. Damiri said the most critical situation had passed namely after the announcement on Sept 4 of the ballot's results in which pro- autonomy supporters only won 21.5 percent of the vote. (U/Kpg-02/Kpg-01/ri2/19:03/INT-AJM-20:38/NN01/20:39/TB06) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 24 Sep 1999 jam 08:17:50 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
