http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/07-04-2006/78911-%20integrity-0
Dutch prime minister supports Indonesia's territorial integrity
04/07/2006 12:28
Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said Friday he supported the
territorial integrity of his country's former colony, Indonesia . Indonesia 's
current borders are based on the islands it received when the Netherlands
withdraw from what was then called the Dutch East Indies in 1950 after 350
years of colonial rule.
Jan Peter Balkenende
But Papua province, in Indonesia 's far east, maintains it is a special
case because the Dutch held onto the region and were preparing it for eventual
independence in 1963, when it was taken over by Indonesia . Jakarta formally
annexed the oil- and gas-rich region six years later.
Balkenende, on a two-day trip to Indonesia , told reporters that he
supported Indonesia 's claim to Papua, where a small separatist insurgency
still simmers amid claims of rights abuses by troops. "It is important to
underline that we fully respect the territorial integrity of Indonesia ," he
said, adding he supported Indonesia 's attempts to give the province more
self-rule.
He was speaking after meeting with Islamic leaders in Indonesia .
Balkenende's trip follows recent visits by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who both praised Indonesia 's
transition to democracy and its status as a moderate Muslim nation.
He also is scheduled to meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and
officials helping Aceh province rebuild from the 2004 Asian tsunami. Indonesia
and the Netherlands enjoy close relations, and Dutch cultural and linguistic
influences on Indonesia remain strong, reports the AP.
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