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 | | In the wake of Portugal's abdication of responsibility, Indonesia was confronted by asituation that was neither desired nor of its making, but that threatened seriously todisrupt the national development and reconstruction efforts in which it was engaged afterthe ravages of the 1965/1966 abortive coup attempt by the Indonesian Communist Party(PKI). |
 | | Indeed, at the request of Portugal, Indonesia extended its active cooperation to theprocess as inter alia evidenced by the series of meetings held between high-levelrepresentatives of the two sides in New York, September 1974; Lisbon, October 1974; London, March 1975; Jakarta, August and September 1975; and Rome. |
 | | Thepurpose of these discussions, of which two meetings, one in New York and one in Rome, havebeen held, is to strengthen the efforts to reach a solution that is peaceful,comprehensive and internationally acceptable. |
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