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Minister praises Indonesian diplomat's strong stance on Papua issue
Jakarta Post - October 6, 2016
Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto asserted that a counter argument was necessary since six Pacific Island heads of state, who conveyed their allegations, did not deliver the whole truth in their statements.
"We should trust ourselves and believe that the government has done the best we can to develop Papua like any other region in the country," Wiranto said on Wednesday.
He further asserted that the government was committed to settle all allegations of past human rights abuses, both in Papua and across the country, as it was the promise of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration.
The government will soon reveal which abuse cases were considered human rights violations and which were not and explain all measures necessary to resolve the cases, Wiranto added.
During the recent UNGA session in New York, Nara Masista Rakhmatia, the second secretary of Indonesia's Permanent Mission to the UN, referred to speeches made by the heads of state of the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Tonga as "interference" and said they aimed to encourage separatism of the two provinces. (bbn)
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