Anna Lindh, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs: Sweden does not support Acehs independence

June 17, 2003

SINCE Jakarta declared war against the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) three weeks ago, it was always understood that the battlefield would go beyond Aceh or thae province known as Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam; that Stockholm, some 10,000 kilometers away would be very much part of the conflict. This is because the GAM leadership live there and have adopted Swedish citizenship since the end of the 1970s. And Jakarta is well aware that GAMs Prime Minister Muh

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