Cease-Fire Offer Welcomed in Indonesia
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Indonesia's vice president welcomed a cease-fire offer by Aceh's rebel movement, saying Thursday that Jakarta would "make efforts" toward keeping the peace as it seeks to rebuild the tsunami-battered region.
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JAKARTA - President Megawati Sukarnoputri urged Indonesians yesterday to accept the results of the country&#39;s first direct election of a leader, but stopped short of conceding defeat.
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The government of northeastern Indian state of Assam hailed Saturday the decision by an influential tribal separatist group to agree to a cease-fire and hold peace talks with New Delhi.
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Indonesia Thursday welcomed a German plan to propose a debt moratorium for the tsunami-hit country when the Paris Club of sovereign lenders next meets on Jan. 20 and hoped it would free up more funds for reconstruction.
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Indonesia has welcomed a German plan to propose a debt moratorium for the tsunami-hit country when the Paris Club of sovereign lenders next meets on January 20 and it hopes it will free up more funds for ...
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East Timor&#039;s president appealed for calm between ethnic gangs as international troops said they had succeeded in disarming the fighters who were pushing the tiny country into chaos.
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A Fallujah delegation offered Saturday to resume peace talks with the government if the United States ceases attacks against the city and releases the chief negotiator.
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THE Federal Government is considering negotiating a security agreement with incoming Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Workers buried more tsunami victims in Aceh province yesterday, as a premature end to cease-fire talks between the Indonesian government and separatist rebels dampened hopes for a quick resolution to a 30-year-old conflict in the devastated province.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- A massive US military relief operation picked up steam yesterday, with helicopters dropping off cartons of food aid in Sumatra and warships with 2,200 Marines arriving in the Malacca Straits to ferry supplies to the tsunami-battered Indonesian island.
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TONY JONES: A short time ago, I spoke to Indonesia&#39;s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Marty Natalagawa, in Jakarta about today&#39;s events.
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A new security pact between Australia and Indonesia came into force Thursday at a ceremony in Perth attended by the foreign ministers of the at-times testy neighbours.
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Indonesia ramped up its peace bid for tsunami-hit Aceh, saying it would consider anything except independence in talks with separatist rebels, while trying to reassure the world that relief aid was safe from endemic corruption.
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Indonesia said on Wednesday it hoped to hold talks with separatist rebels operating in tsunami-hit Aceh province at the end of this month to try to ease security concerns amid a massive humanitarian operation.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Leaders in the  international tsunami aid effort expressed concern about how  curbs on the movement of workers and a deadline for foreign  troops to leave would affect relief in Indonesia's worst-hit  Aceh province.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Masked workers with mosquito-killing spray guns began moving through refugee camps yesterday in tsunami-battered Aceh Province, trying to prevent an outbreak of malaria. Indonesia, meanwhile, said it is pursuing a permanent truce with rebels in the area, the worst-hit by the disaster.
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TONY EASTLEY: In central Java today, one of the more unusual meetings for the year. The gathering, co-hosted by Australia&#39;s and Indonesia&#39;s foreign ministers brings together 14 religious leaders to sponsor peace and cooperation in our region.