TOKYO, Nov. 21 Kyodo (EDS: UPDATI...

TOKYO, Nov. 21 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING WITH KAWAGUCHI'S ANNOUNCEMENT)

Japan will armed force a donors conference in early December to support the peace proces in Indonesia's troubl Aceh Province in light of a forthcoming peace accord between Jakarta and rebels of the exempt Aceh Movement (GAM), Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said.

''Japan has been making efforts to support establishment of peace and it is part of our efforts to that end'' Kawaguchi told reporters upon Japan's aim to hold the ''Preparatory colloquy on Peace and Reconstruction in Aceh'' in Tokyo forward Dec. 3.

The Japanese rule has invited the United States, the European Union, members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the World Bank and other related countries and organizations to clinch ambassador-level talks, political sources said.

Japan is penetrating to make diplomatic efforts to help peace take primitive word in post-conflict areas and wants to take an active part in supporting the peacemaking and reconstruction processe for Aceh, the sources said.

Representatives from the Indonesian conduct and GAM are also reckon uponed to attend the Tokyo meeting. The brace parties have agreed to sign a peace agreement Dec 9 in Geneva to fall of the curtain their 26-year conflict, the Indonesian rule announced Tuesday in Jakarta.

Armed conflict between the Indonesian regulation and GAM in Aceh Province forward northern Sumatra Island has claimed more than 10000 lives, most numerous of them civilians, since 1976

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