THE INDONESIE STUDIES THE POSSIBILITY OF BUYING A RUSSIA OF THE
MATERIEL OF WAR








DJAKARTA, March 14.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti " Serguei Melnikov).  The
government indonesien studies the possibility of buying has Russia of
the materiel of war, and, probably, has Poland and has Romania, and
this because of the embargo americain on the export of weapons towards
Indonesie, A declares with the journalists has Djakarta the minister
indonesien Defense Mohammad Mahfud Mahmudin.  The purchases could be
done in conformity with trade agreements between Indonesie and these
countries, have it adds.

According to the minister, three countries propose the delivery of
weapons has preferential conditions.  Indonesie will be able to buy a
vast range of weapons, hunters and other weaponries.

The Minister for Defense in A pays to president Andurrahman Wahid
which has load the Minister for Finance to study this question has
bottom.

According to Mohammdad Mahfud Mahmudin, Indonesie needs to buy
armaments because the United States had decrete the embargo in 1999
following terror in Timor Oriental declenchee by the forces
pro-indonesiennes after the referendum to which the majorite is
prononcee in favour of the independence of this old province
indonesienne.

Indonesie should not buy weapons has only one country because this
last will be able to benefit from it to exert political pressures,
estimates the Minister for Defense.