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Friday, 23 July 2010 10:52

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JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono stressed the government would lodge a claim to companies resulting from oil spills in the Timor Sea, and instructed the Minister of Transportation and its team to solve the problem.

Head of State also said communities in Nusa Tenggara Timur mainly located on the island of Rote and its surroundings, feel the impact of oil spills should be getting appropriate assistance.

"We will conduct the obligation to resolve this issue, [that is] filed a claim with the company that caused the oil spill," Yudhoyono said in a plenary cabinet meeting which discussed the Draft State Budget 2010 and 2011 at the Presidential Palace today.

The president said efforts to get the claim due to the occurrence of oil spills from refineries in Block Montara Western Atlas in the Timor Sea Timor Sea, also needs to maintain diplomatic communication with the governments of Australia and Thailand.

President Yudhoyono asked the Minister of Transportation with the team he has given instructions to run 1.5 months ago.

"I purposely put the resolution of this issue without too much gives a political statement, we achieved an important goal. What is important settlement of his true and important local Indonesian community that have affected the incidence of appropriate compensation, "he said.

As we all know, Indonesia has established a team of advocacy to demand compensation to the operators PTTEP Australia and Australasia, a minimum of Rp247 billion due to an oil spill from the refinery Montara at Western Atlas Block in the Timor Sea Timor Sea.

Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi said the team was comprised of advocacy team within and outside the country who will collect data directly related to the company as well as pollutants that will be prosecuted by the government.

Minister of Transportation explain a national advocacy team is headed by the Ministry of Environment (KLH) with members coming from local government representatives, local governors and regents, as well as NGO's West Timor Care Foundation. Minister of Oil Spill Response adding caps in the Timor Sea has been successfully calculate the estimated amount of compensation amounting to Rp247 billion. Value scale, continued Freddy, possibly with the proposed increase over the estimated figures from local government and local NGOs. (Er)
By: Linda T. Silitonga [bisnis.com]

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