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U.S., EU, Japan Voice Concern About Aceh Peace Process

(May 14 joint statement calls for dialogue) (350)
In a joint statement by the co-chairs of the Tokyo Conference on Peace
and Reconstruction in Aceh released by the U.S. embassy in Jakarta,
Indonesia, the United States, Japan, the European Union, and the World
Bank expressed their concern over what they described as the "imminent
breakdown" of the peace process in Aceh.
The statement urged the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh
Movement (GAM) "to make every possible effort to revive dialogue and
restore peace."
Following is the text of the joint statement as released by the
Department of State:
(begin text)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
May 14, 2003
MEDIA NOTE
Joint Statement by the Co-chairs of the Tokyo Conference on Peace and
Reconstruction in Aceh
The following joint statement by the Co-Chairs of the Tokyo Conference
on Peace and Reconstruction in Aceh was released by the U.S. Embassy
in Jakarta on May 14, 2003.
Begin text:
The European Union, Japan, the United States and the World Bank,
Co-chairs of the Tokyo Preparatory Conference on Peace and
Reconstruction in Aceh, express our deep concern at the imminent
breakdown of the peace process in Aceh.
We appreciate the continuing commitment of the Government of Indonesia
to solve the question of Aceh through dialogue. We call on the
Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) to make every
possible effort to revive dialogue and restore peace. To that end, we
call on the two sides to hold a Joint Council meeting, as provided
under the terms of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA), or
an informal session to prepare for a Joint Council meeting, in Tokyo
as soon as possible.
We strongly hope that the two sides at that meeting reach a consensus
to revive the COHA and return Aceh to a state of peace based on
Special Autonomy.
The Co-chairs remain willing to continue to support the COHA and to
provide assistance for the future reconstruction of Aceh if peace
prevails.
(end text)
(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)