Ismira Lutfia
The Jakarta Globe
Indonesia will send observers to both sides of the disputed Thai-Cambodian border to ensure that a cease-fire agreed by the two countries is respected, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Tuesday.
Marty said that the decision was made during a meeting of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretariat in Jakarta.
Foreign ministers from Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Brunei, Singapore and Laos attended the meeting, while the other four member states — Burma, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam — were represented by senior officials.
“It is significant that for the first time both countries have agreed to invite a third party as observers,” Marty said after the meeting.
As observers, he added, Indonesian representatives would not be stationed in the buffer zone of the disputed area, rather they would be placed on both sides of the border.
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