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Mon, 09/21/2009 - 20:55
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A'LIAN FM TO MEET RI, TIMOR LESTE COUNTERPARTS
Brisbane, Sept 21 (ANTARA) - Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said he planned to meet with his Indonesian and Timor Leste counterparts on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York later this week.
In a press statement received by ANTARA here on Monday, Smith said various regional issues of common concern would be discussed at the meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda and Timor Leste Foreign Minister Zacarias da Costa, which would be part of his agenda while in New York from September 19 to 26.
He did not mention in detail the issues to be discussed at the trilateral meeting or whether they would also discuss the recent decision of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to investigate the death of Australian journalists in Balibo, East Timor, in 1975 and counter-terrrorism efforts after the death of the most wanted terrorist Noordin M Top in a police raid in Solo, Central Java, recently.
The AFP's decision to reinvestigate the so-called "Balibo Five" case has startled the Indonesian government which considers the case as closed years ago.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had advised Australia to help support the Indonesia-Timor Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship's efforts to end the past conflict wisely with a forward-looking attitude through its recommendations that had been followed up.
"This is important so that (the country's) relations with Australia which has been good or even very good so far will not be disturbed by problems that could arise from the use of logic, which according to us, is incorrect," the president said in Jakarta on September 10.
Foreign Minister Smith is in New York as part of an Australian delegation led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to the 64th UN General Assembly meeting.
The agenda of the meeting includes discussions on climate change, global economic crisis, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament and millennium development goals.
In a press statement received by ANTARA here on Monday, Smith said various regional issues of common concern would be discussed at the meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda and Timor Leste Foreign Minister Zacarias da Costa, which would be part of his agenda while in New York from September 19 to 26.
He did not mention in detail the issues to be discussed at the trilateral meeting or whether they would also discuss the recent decision of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to investigate the death of Australian journalists in Balibo, East Timor, in 1975 and counter-terrrorism efforts after the death of the most wanted terrorist Noordin M Top in a police raid in Solo, Central Java, recently.
The AFP's decision to reinvestigate the so-called "Balibo Five" case has startled the Indonesian government which considers the case as closed years ago.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had advised Australia to help support the Indonesia-Timor Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship's efforts to end the past conflict wisely with a forward-looking attitude through its recommendations that had been followed up.
"This is important so that (the country's) relations with Australia which has been good or even very good so far will not be disturbed by problems that could arise from the use of logic, which according to us, is incorrect," the president said in Jakarta on September 10.
Foreign Minister Smith is in New York as part of an Australian delegation led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to the 64th UN General Assembly meeting.
The agenda of the meeting includes discussions on climate change, global economic crisis, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament and millennium development goals.
