JAKARTA (Agency): Indonesia will not follow Argentina and halt payment of its national debt, top economics minister Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti said as quoted by AFP on Monday [24 December]. 
	
	
 When asked by journalists whether Indonesia had any plans to halt repayment on its US$70 billion national debt, Dorodjatun said: "No." 
	
	
 He declined to comment further but said the country would continue to honor its commitment with the International Monetary Fund, which is coordinating some $5 billion in aid to help the country overcome its current economic crisis in return for reforms. 
	
	
 Indonesia's foreign debt currently stands at $140 billion, $70 billion of which is government debt. 
	
	
 On Sunday, Argentina declared it was halting payments on its $132 billion national debt, the biggest default in history.