Indonesia and its former province East Timor are set to reject an idea to establish a commission of experts to review the judicial processes of human rights abuse cases involving Indonesian military and police officers, an Indonesian official has said.

The message will be conveyed during a meeting with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan this week, Marty Natalegawa, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was quoted Tuesday by The Jakarta Post newspaper as saying.

Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda left for New York late Sunday for talks with Annan.

Hassan and his East Timorese counterpart Jose Ramos Horta will jointly meet with Annan some time this week.

The two ministers will share their views on the formation of commission of experts, which was proposed by the UN to focus on alleged human rights abuses in East Timor, Marty said.

"In this connection, together with Foreign Minister (East Timor's) Horta, Hassan is expected to brief Annan regarding the two countries' views on how best to address the issue of alleged violations of human rights in East Timor and how to promote friendship between the two countries," he said.

The UN secretary general proposed the establishment of an international commission of experts following calls from several non-governmental organizations, such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, after Indonesian courts acquitted a number of security and civilian officials.

The commission was aimed at reviewing whether or not judicial processes on human right violations in East Timor had been properly conducted.

"In principle, we can not accept the idea (of the commission ofexperts) as it would create new precedents in the judicial processes of sovereign countries," Marty said.

"The Indonesian government itself can not intervene and conductany evaluation of our own judiciary, so why we should allow UN to evaluate our judiciary," he said.

The visit by Ministers Hassan and Horta to New York follows discussions between the two ministers in Jakarta last Sunday and bilateral talks between President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and East Timor President Xanana Gusmao in Bali last week.

Source: Xinhua