Responding to recent moves to hold a dialogue between Jakarta and Papua, the chairman of DAP, the Papuan Traditional Council, Forkorus Yaboisembut, said that such a dialogue will not be acceptable if it takes the form of constructive communications.

"Dialogue between Jakarta and Papua must be mediated by a neutral, international party. There is no such thing as a dialogue between the Indonesian government and the Papuan people being held within the Indonesian Republic," he said.

He said that the offer of construction communications as recently suggested by the Indonesian government can only be to talk about something like development because it would only be attended by district chiefs, the provincial legislative assembly (DPRP), the governor and the MRP.

What the Papuan people want is a dialogue at an international level, not a dialogue within the framework of OTSUS or Special Autonomy. He said that a neutral, internationally mediated dialogue would be able to fully accommodate all the basic problems in Papua.

"Those who participate in the dialogue would carry with them the Kejora – Morning Star Flag – not some plastic party membership card. This isn't what we want."

He went on to say that the Papuan people have full confidence in the Papuan Peace Network – Jaringan Damai Papua – to make all the preparations for such a dialogue to take place.

He said that the dialogue would deal with a number of problems in Papua such as marginalisation, discrimination, the failure of development, the violation of basic human rights and the contradictory views of the Indonesian government and the Papuan people about the history of Papua.

"In order to deal with all these questions, there must be a dialogue that is mediated by a third, neutral party, not constructive communications," he said.