-----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: KdP Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Datum: Montag, 15. M�rz 1999 21:39 Betreff: [kdpnet-en] AAP: UK arms sales to Jakarta increase despite govt pledge >Kabar dari PIJAR > > >From: Foreign Bases Project [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Minggu, 14 Maret 1999 23:25 >Subject: AAP: UK arms sales to Jakarta increase despite govt pledge > > >UK arms sales to Jakarta increase despite govt pledge > > LONDON, March 13 AAP - The Blair Labour Government is exporting >predecessors, a British newspaper has revealed, despite Indonesia's ongoing >illegal occupation of East Timor. > > A report in The Sunday Times states that the Blair Government has >permitted the export of twice as many small arms and machine guns to >Indonesia as were approved in the last year of John Major's conservative >government. > The government has also allowed the sale of howitzers, mortars and >flame-throwers to Indonesia, the report said. > > The claims are consistent with recent allegations made by London-based >Australian journalist John Pilger. > > The increase in arms sales to Indonesia runs contrary to British >Foreign Secretary Robin Cook's pledge to introduce an "ethical" foreign >policy. > "We have had fine words from Robin Cook but he has failed to get to >grips with the arms trade," said one Labour backbencher. > > "His ideals in this area are noble but he does not seem to have >delivered." > Government ministers accepted that it was possible that arms sales to >Indonesia had risen. > > The Foreign Office stated that the situation in East Timor had >improved, following the Indonesian Government's commitment to East Timorese >autonomy. > >
