Indonesian leader tells UN to keep out of sectarian conflict in the Moluccas

From: The Independent - London | Date: July 24, 2000| Author: Joanna Jolly in Jakarta | Copyright information

THE INDONESIAN President, Abdurrahman Wahid, has ruled out a United Nations peace-keeping presence in the Moluccas despite the continuing violence between Christians and Muslims on the islands.

"Indonesia is able to resolve the sectarian war in the Moluccas islands itself," Mr Wahid told a rally of 20,000 party supporters in Surabaya, Java, yesterday, many of whom were wearing white robes, the traditional Muslim dress.

He revealed that the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, had ...

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