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Aceh rebel commanders says Indonesia not serious about peace talks
 Rebels fighting for the independence of Aceh province are willing to engage in peace talks with Indonesia but say the country is not serious about negotiations, a senior guerrilla said from his rural hideout. "We remain ready to talk because so many Acehnese people are missing from the wars and tsunami," Darwis Djeunieb, a Free Aceh Movement (GAM) regional commander based just west of this coastal city, told AFP. In an interview Monday, Djeunieb also said five of his guerrillas had recently been killed in a government ambush, despite the military's pledge to focus on relief efforts rather than fighting after the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami which killed about 170,000 people in the Aceh region of Sumatra island. Djeunieb expressed support for the thousands of foreign aid workers in the province and mocked the Indonesian military's relief efforts. He was speaking after a Finnish NGO on Sunday said talks aimed at bringing together the two sides would be held in Finland at the end of the week. Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja later confirmed the meeting was to go ahead. Posted by: Fred 2005-01-26 |
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