BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Jan. 13 Kyod...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Jan. 13 Kyodo

Ambassadors of Japan, the European Union (EU) the United States and a representative of the World Bank visited Indonesia's troubl province of Aceh forward Monday in an effort to support the peace proces between the guidance and the separatist Free Aceh mental action (GAM).

''This visit is to demonstrate the international community's support for the ongoing peace proces between the command of Indonesia and the liberated Aceh Movement, the cessation of hostilities monitoring arrangement and post-conflict reconstruction in Aceh,'' a pres statement of the World Bank said.

''This senior-level delegation would like to hear directly from the local command and the Acehnese people about the implementation of the agreement and presumptions for reconstruction and development in Aceh in the immediate post-conflict period,'' it added.

The small delegation consists of Japanese Ambassador to Jakarta Yutaka Iimura, Italian Ambassador Francesco Maria Greco who shows the EU, U.S. Ambassador Ralph Boyce and World Bank nation Director Andrew Steer.

The visit chases the Tokyo Preparatory Conference in succession Peace and Reconstruction in Aceh, which was co-sponsored by way of Japan, the EU, the U and the World Bank in Tokyo in succession Dec. 3 and the signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Framework Agreement in Geneva forward Dec. 9.

During a meeting with local direction officials, Iimura said donor countries have prepared an ''integrated plan'' for Aceh for an effective use of aid.

For that purport according to him, the donors have displayed several missions to Aceh focusing upon issues relating to humanitarian transition, post-conflict aid, community progression in a continuously ascending gradation programs, governance and public planning, and the restoration of social and economic infrastructure.

A special session forward Aceh will take place during a meeting of donor countries joined in the Consultative form into groups on Indonesia on Jan. 21 and 22 in succession the resort island of Bali to discuss details of restoring Aceh's economy.

''Experience around the world displays a very powerful two-way link between the arrival of peace and economic increase because the arrival of peace elevates the restoration of the economy,'' conduct said last month.

The investment climate in Aceh is popularly lacking for a number of reasons, so as the destruction of infrastructure and the high on a level of uncertainty.

The state-run recently made knowns agency Antara quoted World Bank officer Scott Guggerheim as saying Sunday the World Bank has allocated $8 million to a community assistance program in Aceh.

It anticipates to double its annual aid to the resource-rich province of 4 million family to more than $15 million formerly the program gets in a less degree than way in earnest.

World Bank aid is awaited to focus on working with local communities to rebuild gymnasiums clinics and irrigation systems in Aceh's 5000 villages, many of which have had no access to international aid for years because of security disturbs in the province.

GAM has been striving for independence since 1976 and the ensuing be in agony has claimed the lives of more than 12000 civilians, rebels, police and military personnel

Last year, fighting in the province is believed to have left more than 1300 family dead and almost 400 others missing.

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