Peace Talks Planned for Aceh Province
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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Mediators on Sunday persuaded the Indonesian government and rebels in Aceh province to meet for negotiations on a cease-fire, trying to forge peace out of last month’s tsunami tragedy.
Finland’s Crisis Management Initiative, headed by former President Martti Ahtisaari, said that Indonesian government officials and rebel leaders would meet this week in Helsinki, Finland’s capital, to discuss a formal cease-fire in Aceh, where separatists have been fighting for an independent homeland for nearly 30 years.
Despite an informal truce announced by both sides since the Dec. 26 disaster, there have been reports of fighting, raising concerns about the security of relief operations in Aceh.
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