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Jakarta asked to back Palestine in Pacific region
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Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (left) greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the start of their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the extraordinary Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit on Palestinian issues in Jakarta on March 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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alestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is seeking Jakarta’s support to back Palestine's bid increase ties with Pacific island countries.
Palestine aimed to have better cooperation with the Pacific island nations because countries like Papua New Guinea, Nauru, Micronesia, Vanuatu and Fiji always supported Israel in various international fora, Abbas said in a statement released by the Indonesian Embassy in Amman on Tuesday.
(Read also: Palestine seeks Indonesia’s support ahead of OIC meeting)
Palestine hoped Indonesia “could help show Palestine’s capacity to help the Pacific island countries’ development,” Abbas told Indonesian Ambassador to Jordan Teguh Wardoyo in Ramallah.
Abbas further said Palestine had the capacity in medical assistance and economic cooperation through its International Agency for Development, Antara news agency reported.
