asnlf.com, 19 February 2005
The State of Acheh
Ministry of Information
P.O.Box 130, s-145 01 Norsborg, Sweden
Tel: +46 8 531 83833 Fax: +46 8 531 91275
Statement by the Government in Exile of Acheh On the Second
Round of the Helsinki Peace Talks
Ahead of the Second Round of the Helsinki Peace Talks, the Government-in-Exile of
Acheh (ASNLF) has announced its two principal goals for the talks.
The Prime Minister-in-Exile of Acheh, Mr Malik Mahmood, said that the first principal
goal is the facilitiation of and support for the international humanitarian aid effort in
Acheh to assist victims of the recent tsunami.
'Our first concern is, and always has been, for the Achehnese people,' Mr Malik said.
In order to facilitiate the international humanitarian relief effort, Mr Malik said the
ASNLF's second principal goal for the Helsinki talks is to reach an agreement with the
Government of Indonesia on a sustainable ceasefire that is the basis of a lasting
peace.
Mr Malik said: 'The ASNLF enters the second round of these historic talks in a spirit
of cooperation and goodwill'.
He said that in order to achieve a lasting peace, the ASNLF would consider a range of
possible political resolutions to the Acheh conflict.
But, Mr Malik said, the talks will begin with no agreement on, or acceptance of, any
particular position.
'If we can have peace, we then expect to be able to work towards a negotiated
political settlement,' the Prime Minister said.
Stockholm, Sweden, 19 February 2005
Bakhtiar Abdullah
Information Officer
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