The Vanuatu government has withdrawn from a Melanesian
Spearhead Group Foreign Ministers delegation to Indonesia to discuss and
visit West Papua. (Updated at 7:14 pm on 11 January 2014)
The delegation was to arrive in Jakarta on Sunday for a four-day
visit which stems from a resolution by the MSG to engage more closely
with Jakarta over issues raised about extensive alleged human rights
abuses in Indonesia's Papua region.
A decision on the formal bid for MSG membership by the West Papua
National Coalition for Liberation was deferred pending the outcome of
this visit.
However, Vanuatu's Foreign Minister Edward Natapei has pulled out of
the visit because his government believes its scheduled programme shows
that the mission is highly unlikely to achieve what MSG leaders wanted
it to achieve.
MSG leaders had wanted to meet various West Papuan groups, including
some leaders of pro-independence movements, in order to enhance its
understanding of the WPNCL's membership bid.
However, the programme offered by Indonesia only provides for
fleeting, restricted visits by the MSG Foreign Ministers to Papua and
West Papua provinces, and visits to various projects in Bali and
Jakarta.
Vanuatu's government says there is no point in visiting Bali or in
going ahead with the entire visit if the MSG is unable to meet with the
right people.
It's also taken exception to a Joint Statement prepared between the
MSG Countries and Indonesia, saying it fails to mention the purpose of
the visit or anything to do with the plight of West Papuans.
Source : www.radionz.co.nz
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