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HELSINKI (FINLAND): Indonesia's Government and Aceh rebels have reached a peace deal to end a 29-year militancy in the province, a top Indonesian official said on Sunday. A draft peace deal submitted by the rebel Free Aceh Movement was approved on Saturday by the Government in Jakarta, Indonesia's capital, said Indonesian Communications Minister Sofyan Djalil, one of the lead negotiators at peace talks in Finland. The deal will facilitate the delivery of international reconstruction aid to the province of 4.1 million inhabitants devastated by the December 26 tsunami, which killed at least 130,000 people in nearly a dozen Indian Ocean countries. Negotiators for the Indonesian Government and separatist rebels said on Saturday they had reached a tentative agreement to end one of the world's longest-running wars. The draft accord, which hinged on an agreement to allow the Free Aceh Movement to form its own political party, was sent to Jakarta for approval by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. ``The President has agreed to the draft submitted by GAM about political parties'' Mr. Djalil said on Sunday, referring to the Free Aceh Movement by its Indonesian initials. ``Finally, we have reached common understanding about the issues we discussed.'' The two sides on Sunday initialled the deal seen as the best chance yet of ending the three decades of fighting that has killed 15,000 people. — AP
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