UK/Indonesia: Hawks shipment "not affected" by embargo? Fri, 4 Feb 2000 09:50:55 -0500 Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit source - "John M. Miller" BBC Summary of World Broadcasts Hawk aircraft "not affected" by arms embargo Text of report by Indonesian newspaper 'Suara Pembaruan' web site Jan 24, 2000 Batam: Air Force Operations Commander I Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Suprihadi said that six Hawk 100 and 200 fighter aircraft purchased from Britain were not affected by the European Union's arms embargo. The aircraft were due to be delivered on 9th April 2000 to coincide with the 54th anniversary of the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU). After officially opening the TNI-AU's latest community health service programme "Pelangi Nusantara XVI" at Batam on Saturday (22nd January), AVM Suprihadi said, "Actually, these aircraft are not affected by the European Union's arms embargo. However, the aircraft will be delivered to Indonesia in stages and now that the European Union has lifted the arms embargo on Indonesia, there is absolutely no problem." He explained that the two squadrons of Hawk aircraft would be based at Pekanbaru and Supadio (Pontianak) air bases. This deployment was a deterrent against any threat from the north. Besides that, the deployment of the aircraft at these two bases would also provide security for vital installations like the huge Natuna natural gas project and Caltex at Pekanbaru. Suprihadi, who was accompanied by TNI-AU Information Chief Air Commodore Bakhrum Rasir, said, "The presence of these two bases will act as a deterrent against any threat from the north." END etanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetan John M. Miller Internet: john@etan.org Media & Outreach Coordinator, East Timor Action Network 48 Duffield St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA Phone: (718)596-7668 Fax: (718)222-4097 Web site: http://www.etan.org Send a blank e-mail message to info@etan.org to find out how to learn more about East Timor on the Internet etanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetan ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytpac-02.04.00-09:50:53-8210