Presiden SBY Dijadwalkan Terima Delegasi Kelompok Negara Melanesia
Indonesian President will Receive MSG Foreign Ministers Delegation
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dijadwalkan menerima kunjungan delegasi menteri luar negeri negara-negara yang tergabung dalam Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG).
Kepala Negara dijadwalkan menerima delegasi menlu itu pada pukul 14.00 WIB di Kantor Presiden Jakarta, Rabu.
Menlu anggota MSG itu antara lain Menlu Fiji Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, Menlu Papua Nugini (PNG) Rimbink Pato,dan Menlu Salomon Soalaoi Clay Forau.
Sebelumnya, dalam keterangan pers saat mengunjungi Jayapura Menteri Luar Negeri Papua Nugini (PNG) Rimbink Pato kepada wartawan di Jayapura (13/1) menegaskan, negaranya bersama beberapa negara lainnya anggota MSG tetap mendukung Papua dalam NKRI dan itu tidak bisa diganggu lagi.
Diakuinya, memang ada permintaan dari sekelompok masyarakat di Papua untuk memasukkan Papua didalam MSG namun hal itu tidak dapat dilaksanakan karena keberadaan Papua dalam Indonesia sudah sah.
Menyinggung tentang kunjungan mereka ke Jayapura dalam rangka menjajaki kerja sama dibidang ekonomi, pendidikan dan kebudayaan, kata Menlu PNG Rimbink Pato.
Selama berada di Jayapura, rombongan melakukan sejumlah kegiatan yakni pertemuan dengan Gubernur Papua Lukas Enembe yang didampingi sejumlah pejabat di lingkungan Pemprov Papua, aparat keamanan,dan tokoh masyarakat yang dilakukan secara tertutup diruang kerja Gubernur Enembe di Jayapura.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will receive a courtesy visit from the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Foreign Ministers Delegation at the Presidential Palace, here, on Wednesday.
President Yudhoyono was scheduled to receive a courtesy visit from the MSG Delegation, which includes Fijis Foreign Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, Papua New Guineas (PNG) Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato, and Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Soalaoi Clay Forau, at 2 p.m. Indonesian Western Time.
Previously, in a press statement given to the Jayapura, Papua, media on Jan. 13, 2013, and made available to Antara, the PNG Foreign Minister had said that his country and the rest of the MSG members would always support Papuas status as part of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI), noting that this was an inviolable stance.
Pato admitted that some groups in Papua had asked to be included in the MSG, but this wish could not be granted since Papua is legally part of Indonesia.
Regarding the MSG Delegations visit to Jayapura, Pato pointed out that it was intended to evaluate cooperation for the economy and education and cultural sectors.
During the visit to Papua, the MSG Delegation met Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe and other stakeholders; they also visited Jayapura Vocational High School I prior to heading to Ambon in Maluku.
