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Timor says 'no' to compensation demand from Indonesia

East Timor's new government says it has NO intention of discussing compensation with Indonesia which wants reimbursement for its so-called investments in East Timor.

Indonesia's de facto Ambassador in Dili, Kristio Wahyono says Jakarta hopes to raise the issue with the new government in East Timor, after it failed to make headway with the former UN Administration.

Foreign minister Jose Ramos-Horta says East Timor is a debt-free nation and says it cannot accept debt incurred by a previous regime.

"We cannot deal only with material things. We have to talk about lives. How can we accept discussing about a house that was destroyed and don't talk about war compensation for the many thousands of lives that disappeared. Who is going to pay for that."

22/05/2002 22:51:07 | ABC Radio Australia News

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