JAKARTA, Nov. 27 Kyodo Foreign Mi...

JAKARTA, Nov. 27 Kyodo

Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayudha said Wednesday that Thailand and the Philippines are ready to throw troops to participate in the peace proces in Aceh after a peace accord is signed nearest month between the dominion and rebels of the independent Aceh Movement (GAM).

''We ne single a limited number (of troops) and as of now, we believe military personnel from Thailand and the Philippines are enough to secrete it,'' he said in an interview with Kyodo News

Hassan said the military personnel from the pair countries will be involved in a ''monitoring team'' to deal with the implementation of the peace agreement, to be signed Dec 9 in Geneva.

However, he said the number of personnel has not been determined still saying only that ''Aceh is a large area.''

''When proper spheres in GAM have fully transformed themselves into Aceh society, the peace is obtained, onward that matter the third party is no longer needed'' Hassan said.

GAM has waged a guerrilla war in Aceh since 1976 demanding independence for Aceh, Indonesia's northernmost province. Ten of thousands of folks have died since the insurgency began.

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