Identifier
Created
Classification
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06JAKARTA7009
2006-06-02 08:43:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON VISIT BY
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 007009
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/11/2014
TAGS: PREL KPAL ID IS
SUBJECT: INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON VISIT BY
PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
REF: JAKARTA 6802 (PA FM MAKES LOW-KEY VISIT)
Classified By: Political Officer John Rath. Reason: 1.4 (d).
(C) Further to reftel read-out on the May 26 visit to
Indonesia by Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Mahmud
Al-Zahar, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda told
the Ambassador June 1 that he had been surprised by the
rigidity of Al-Zahar's "hard-line positions." Wirajuda said
he urged the Palestinians to resume peaceful negotiations,
but Al-Zahar dismissed this possibility and stated that the
Oslo accord and subsequent interim agreements were not
relevant: Al-Zahar went so far as to characterize such
agreements "not as a peace process, but aprocess to tear"
Paletine into pieces." Wirajuda attributed at least prt of
Al-Zahar's attitude to an anecdote Al-Zaha told about the
bombing of his house by an Israei F-16 that killed his 23
year-old son and injurd his wife and daughter. Wirajuda
claimed to hav advocated peaceful Palestinian-Israeli
negotiatons at the recent NAM Ministerial. He confirmedthat PA President Mahmoud Abbas would likely visitIndonesia
in June.
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