Jakarta – Chief of the National Defence Force (TNI) General Endriartono Sutarto has said his side will not yet launch a military operation in anticipation of possible security disturbances by an armed separatist group in Papua.

Sutarto made the remark to Antara after receiving two Sukhoi (Su-27) jet fighters at the Air Force's Iswahyudi air-base in Madiun, East Java province, on Wednesday.

"We realize there is an indication about possible security disturbances by an armed separatist group in Papua, but we along with the police can handle such a possibility," he said.