Jayapura, June 2 -- Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions, Yandri Susanto, has assured that Red and White cooperatives (KMP) are being set up in Papua to reduce price disparities, which are significantly high in the province.

"Based on reports from all the regional heads throughout Papua, the formation of the Red and White cooperatives has reached 70 percent," he said after a launch and dialogue event on expediting deliberations at the village/sub-district level on the formation of village/sub-district KMPs.

Representatives from the Papua provincial government and Papua Mountains, Central Papua, and South Papua joined the event, which was held at the Papua Governor's Office in Jayapura city on Monday.

During the...