na da kam er schon eher... The ambassador was speaking during a one-day visit to Bougainville this week
und, hast du informationen, dass er zugeständnisse gemacht hat?
24.03.2011 Source: The National
US ambassador visits Bougainville ATTAINING independence or maintaining an autonomous status for Bougainville will be a decision that the people of Bougainville will have to make, United States Ambassador Teddy Taylor said. The ambassador was speaking during a one-day visit to Bougainville this week in which he was asked on what he thought of Bougainville’s move towards a referendum for independence or continued autonomy in 2015. “People have to look at this in an unemotional way. It is great but, once you become an independent nation, how do you generate revenue to support being independent?” Taylor asked. In response to the issue of re-opening Panguna mine, the ambassador said it made sense, especially in rebuilding the economy of the region. “The mine means jobs, it means income and that’s real revenue.” During his short visit to the autonomous region, Taylor, who was accompanied by his wife Antoinette and public diplomacy officer Brian Asmus visited UNDP officials and met with Bougainville NGO groups after paying a courtesy call on President John Momis and Minister for Bougainville Affairs Fidelis Semoso. This was Taylor’s first official visit to Bougainville since he became US ambassador to PNG on Sept 21, 2009. |