Norsborg, Sweden – The exiled leader of the pro-independence Free Aceh Movement (GAM), Hasan Muhammad di Tiro, said Wednesday he is willing to negotiate an extension of a three-month cease-fire accord in the troubled Indonesian province expiring September 2.

"We will have a meeting by the end of this month, maybe on July 29. We will see whether we will extend the agreement," Tiro said in an interview with Kyodo News at the GAM headquarters in Norsborg, Sweden.

The Indonesian government and GAM signed the so-called "humanitarian pause" accord in Geneva on May 12, in a bid to stop all violence in Aceh and to allow humanitarian assistance to refugees. On Tuesday, Aceh Gov. Ridwan Ramli said Wahid has agreed to hold talks with GAM and extend the cease-fire.

Tiro, who is in poor health, said he will not be attending the meeting, expected to be held in Geneva, and GAM will be represented by five representatives, including minister-of-health-in-exile Zaini Abdullah, who signed the May agreement. Although some human rights groups have welcomed the agreement, Tiro said: "We are very disappointed with the implementation of the humanitarian pause."

However, he stopped short of dismissing the possibility of extending the pact, saying: "It depends on how the Indonesian military will abide by the spirit of the agreement. Instead of withdrawing the troops from Aceh to make the cease-fire more conducive, more soldiers are being sent to Aceh," he said. "They are continuing their policy of intimidation by patrolling unnecessarily."

Tiro, who fled to Sweden in 1976, considers himself the head of state-in-exile of Aceh, the resources-rich province on the western tip of Sumatra.