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Indonesia offers to be peace broker in India-Pakistan conflict
Sugiono said the 1945 State Constitution had given the mandate for the Indonesian government to join any efforts that would lead to the creation of the global peace.
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Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono looks on during the first meeting of BRICS foreign ministers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 28, 2025. (AFP/Mauro Pimentel)
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oreign Minister Sugiono said on Friday that Indonesia was ready to play a role as mediator in peace talks between India and Pakistan following their worst military conflict in nearly three decades.
Sugiono said the 1945 State Constitution had given the mandate for the Indonesian government to join any efforts that would lead to the creation of the global peace.
"When asked to do anything to create world peace, we will be actively participating," Sugiono was quoted by Antara as saying. The minister was responding to journalists' questions as to whether Indonesia could play a role in future talks between India and Pakistan.
The minister added that the Indonesian government expected that the tension between India and Pakistan could soon ease and that the two countries could soon sit down for peace talks.
Earlier on Thursday, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he was ready to engage in peace talks with India.
Fighting broke out last week after India struck what it called "terrorist camps" in Pakistan in retaliation for an attack it said was backed by Pakistan in Indian Kashmir last month that killed 26 people.
Islamabad has denied the allegations and both countries sent missiles and drones into each other's airspace before they reached a truce late last week.
During a phone call between the armed forces of Pakistan and India on Thursday, both sides agreed to extend the ceasefire until Sunday, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told the upper house of parliament.
The Indian Army said in a statement that both India and Pakistan had decided to continue confidence-building measures to lower the alert level.
