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Indonesia reaffirmed its undying support for Palestine by pledging more humanitarian assistance and capacity building to establish the country's own food and drug monitoring agency.
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alestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, on his first diplomatic visit to Indonesia on Monday, called for Jakarta to reaffirm its commitment to Palestine at the upcoming Group of 20 Summit, while President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo underlined his commitment to “support Palestine’s struggle amid immense challenges”.
Two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were signed between the two leaders at the Bogor Palace in West Java – one focusing on Indonesia’s continued humanitarian assistance while the other was on providing human-capacity building assistance for the establishment of Palestine’s independent drug and food authority.
Head of Food and Drugs Monitoring Agency (BPOM) Penny Lukito was among the several senior officials who were present during the meeting.
Supporting Palestine remains one of Indonesia’s most important foreign policies, Jokowi stated. On this front, the President explained the three facets of Indonesia’s support; diplomacy, trade and humanitarian assistance.
“Here I am emphasizing the importance of unity within the Palestinian state. [...] Indonesia will continue to push forward the reconciliation process between all Palestinian factions. I have conveyed Indonesia’s support for Palestine’s full membership at the United Nations [as well],” Jokowi asserted in his remarks.
“I am reaffirming Indonesia’s commitment to its continuous support of the Palestinian independence.”
For the past 10 years, Palestine has only been considered as an observer state at the United Nations, despite past experiences in chairing the Group of 77 and China developing countries coalition, prompting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to make his most recent membership appeal in late September.
