Aceh Rebels Prepared to Deal, Spokesman Says
Separatists in Aceh province are ready to drop their 30-year struggle for independence from Indonesia in return for some degree of self-rule, a spokesman said.
The Free Aceh Movement and the government are holding peace talks in Helsinki, Finland. Self-government “is the main thing on the table,” rebel spokesman Bakhtiar Abdullah said.
Australian academic Damien Kingsbury, who is advising the rebels, said talks had covered possible changes in electoral law to allow for local parties and withdrawal of military forces.
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