Luhut Claims Prevent Papua Liberation Movement, Give Has Strong Message To South Pacific Leaders Countries

Luhut Binsar Panjaitan Meeting with the PNG Government on March 31th 2016 (photo on FB Profile of Luhut)

  April 4, 2016 Contributor: By admin

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Jakarta, 04/04/2016, PAPUALIVES.COM - Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said it has given a strong message in a diplomatic trip to the South Pacific.

The message was delivered to the government of two countries after coordination with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi.

"Indonesia is a sovereign country so that no single country in the world is telling us. I directly conveyed to the government of the Republic of Fiji and Papua New Guinea and West Papua is an integral part of NKRI (the Unitary Republic of Indonesia). That fact is final and can not be negotiated, "said Luhut in Jakarta, such as in reports CCN.Com.

The results of the visited to the South Pacific, said Luhut, had he reported to President Jokowi at the presidential palace last Saturday shortly after arriving from Fiji.

"My report points interstate cooperation were agreed upon, the delivery of aid worth US $ 5 million to Fiji, and the planned delivery of a fleet of Engineers Army to rebuild some parts of Fiji were ravaged by hurricanes Winston months ago," said Luhut.

Indonesian government diplomatic trip to the South Pacific was done to block the expansion of the Papuan Liberation Movement in the region.

Papua Liberation Movement had previously been set up offices in several South Pacific countries, namely Vanuatu and Solomon, before finally inaugurated the office in Wamena, Papua, who then responded harshly by the Indonesian government.

In the South Pacific, Fiji is one country that has the best relations with Indonesia. "Fiji strongly supports Indonesia and Fiji are a kind of center of gravity in the South Pacific," said Luhut some time ago.

In order to counter the influence of the Papuan Liberation Movement Similarly, Luhut on a tour held talks over the issue of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) with the government of Papua New Guinea and Fiji. MSG countries previously claimed Papuan Liberation Movement spokesman Benny Wenda, support organization.

At MSG, Indonesia's status as an associate member, while the Papuan Liberation Movement or the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) as an observer. Indonesia was now trying to improve their status in the MSG.

Luhut claimed the Indonesian government wanted to demonstrate to the Asia-Pacific countries, not just the South Pacific, that they had done so much for Papua and West Papua. 

"In terms of financing, infrastructure development, education, health, to efforts to resolve the human rights violations."

However, Asia-Pacific countries have an influential voice. Then Indonesia has the interest to "explain completely." If not, said Luhut, these countries will only get negative information about Indonesia's potential to be forwarded to the United Nations and the international community.

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Source: Luhut Klaim Hadang Gerakan Pembebesan Papua,Telah Beri Pesan Kuat Kepada Pasifik Selatan

Translated and Republishing by.

Sebby Sambom

An West Papuan Human Rights Defender

(Former West Papuan Political Prisoner)