Ryamizard: Australia the Potential for the Threat for Indonesia
Saturday, September 10 2005 | 13:28 WIB

The TIME Interactive , Jakarta :Bekas Chief Of Staff TNI the Army, TNI General Ryamizard Ryacudu, reminded the existence of the potential for the annoying threat NKRI cohesiveness from several neighbouring countries like Australia, Singapore, and Malaysia.

In the Seminar dug up the Spirit of the Oath of the Young Man to Erect him the NKRI Sovereignty, Saturday (10/9), in Jakarta the Center Media, Ryamizard said, until at this time Australia continued to carry out the development of the strength that headed to the north. "In their white book his threat was Indoneisa,"kata him." He reminded the experience in East Timor, Australia most influential against free him the province from Indonesia.

The threat terjuga seen from the Preemptive policy Australia that made use of the concept Autralian Maritime Indentification Zone (AMIZ). The threat was also seen in the Papua case where Australia actively responded to the assumption of the people's opinion in Papua.

While from Singapore, the lack of clear country limit, according to Ryamizard, Singapore could widened his territory to the side of the Indonesian territory. Was related to the Singaporean interests on Malacca Strait waters. The other threat that is Singapore often became the place of the money washing by the black Indonesian conglomerate.

With Malaysia, Indonesia experienced several experiences that did not please. For example, free him the Island Sipadan-Ligitan, and now his free threat the Ambalat Bloc. Apart from Malaysia was interested on the Malacca Strait, their area also became the place of escape and the GAM hiding.

Therefore, Ryamizard warned, that Indonesia more emphasised his national interests than the friendship. "With Malaysia or Singapore we were friendly, but the national interests continue to the matter that utama,"ujar him." If a country was attacked and destroyed that could maintain was the country personally.

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