Fiji, Feb. 6 -- West Papua's struggle for self-determination is not up for negotiation, says Benny Wenda, the Interim President of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), rejecting any dialogue with Indonesia unless independence is on the table.

"Dialogue with Indonesia is not the answer for West Papua," Wenda said in a statement. "We are a colonised nation, not a province of Indonesia. We will not become another Aceh."

Wenda's remarks come in response to Indonesia's proposed "amnesty" for West Papuan political prisoners, an offer made by incoming Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto.

The ULMWP leader dismissed the proposal as a "cheap stunt for the international media."

"Amnesty is a contradiction in terms if our righ...