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Wahid blasts US arms embargo
Indonesia's president Abdurrahman Wahid has criticised the United States for its embargo on weapons sales to Indonesia and said the military would procure arms elsewhere to deal with the crises threatening the country's unity.
Speaking after the commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the Indonesian Air Force, Mr Wahid said Indonesia should not give in to intimidiation from any country.
The Clinton administration froze military ties and weapons sales after the violence in East Timor in 1999
Indonesia's military said the ban had hampered its ability to deal with escalating separatist rebellions in Aceh and Irian Jaya provinces, a sectarian conflict in the Maluku islands, and intercommunal violence on Borneo island.
9/04/01 21:51:32 | ABC Radio Australia News
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