The US House of Representatives has
agreed to provide 15 million dollars in aid to train Indonesia's
police force, in Washington's latest move to revive links to
Jakarta's armed forces.
The provision, designed to school police officers in
counter-terrorism, was contained in a 55-billion-dollar
supplemental budget bill that finances the US campaign against
global terrorism.
But lawmakers declined to grant a request by the State Department
for 15 million dollars to fund an Indonesian military rapid
reaction force to tackle separatist violence.
The bill has yet to go before the Senate.
US-Indonesia defense ties were cut after Jakarta's military was
implicated in human rights violations after East Timor voted for
independence in 1999.
25/05/2002
15:00:20 | ABC Radio Australia News
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