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Indonesia's Justice Minister Hamid Awaluddin (L) shakes hands with the Free Aceh Movement's (GAM) Chairman Malik Mahmood (R) in the presence of Finland's former president Martti Ahtisaari (C) after the signing of a peace agreement in Helsinki August 15, 2005.

    HELSINKI, Aug. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- The Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) signed here on Monday morning the formal peace agreement, ending decades of conflicts in Indonesia's Aceh province and hostility between the two sides.

    Indonesian Justice Minister Hamid Awaluddin, who represents theIndonesian government, and Malik Mahmud, who represents the GAM, signed the pact at the Government Banquet Hall in Helsinki.

    Former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, who has led the negotiations between the two sides, witnessed the signing process.

¡¡ On July 17, the two sides signed a Memorendum of Understanding ( MOU) and vowed to sign the current formal pact. Enditem

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