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Article: Indonesia Needs National Reconciliation: President
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 24, 2000
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Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid said that Indonesia now
needs a national reconciliation and dialogue to revive spirit of
nation unity and bridge differences of various cultures among people
in a bid to boost the on-going reforms process and build a new
Indonesia.
Addressing a seminar with the theme "Toward a New Indonesia
Through National Reconciliation" here Monday, the president said:
"What the nation needs is another reconciliation and dialogue on how
to unite the country's various cultures into one."
Meanwhile, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Tyasno Sudarto said that the
Indonesian Army will back the idea of national reconciliation to
accelerate the national reform process.
"The ...