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Indonesia calls on UNSC to work toward lasting peace in Gaza

Indonesia’s senior diplomat has called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to make haste on securing lasting peace in Gaza as the truce between Israeli forces and Palestinian militant group Hamas entered its third day.

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Indonesia calls on UNSC to work toward lasting peace in Gaza A boy runs with a Palestinian flag on Jan. 17, 2025, at a camp for people displaced by conflict in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip following the announcement of a truce amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. (AFP/Eyad Baba)

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ndonesia’s senior diplomat has called the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to make haste on securing lasting peace in Gaza following the truce between Israeli forces and Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Second Deputy Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir made the statement during the UNSC’s first quarterly open debate on the Middle East, in New York, the United States.

“The ceasefire is a vital first step toward obtaining peace in the Middle East,” he said on Monday New York time in the event that was broadcast on the UN website. “The UNSC must safeguard the agreement so that every phase [of the agreement] is upheld. The council must help break the cycle of violence.”

He noted that illegal settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem have been expanding with growing violence and impunity.

He said that “a just and comprehensive political plan with a two-state solution at its core” was the only way to achieve lasting peace in Gaza. He was referring to the creation of two independent states of Israel and Palestine to live side by side in peace and security.

The first phase of the ceasefire that was negotiated with the mediation of Qatar, Egypt and the US took effect on Sunday and is expected to last six weeks. The three-stage ceasefire is intended to pave the way for a permanent end to the war, but a second phase has yet to be finalized.

Read also: Indonesia welcomes Gaza ceasefire deal, urges reconstruction

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