I will communicate with the Iranian president in his capacity as the chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement ..."Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia will donate US$1 million worth of humanitarian aid to Palestine, Coordinating Minister for Political, Security and Legal Affairs Djoko Suyanto said here on Friday.
This was one of the decisions taken at a plenary cabinet meeting presided over by the President that day, he said at a press conference after the meeting.
How the donation will be put into use is yet to be discussed by the foreign ministry with the Palestinian embassy, he said.
At the opening of the meeting, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had condemned the recent Israeli attack on Gaza Strip in Palestine.
He said Indonesia continued to take efforts to stop the violence diplomatically through the United Nations, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the Non-Aligned Movement.
He said the Israeli military action must be stopped. A truce must be negotiated under the supervision of the United Nations, retribution must be prevented, and humanitarian aid must immediately be extended to the victims, especially women and children, in Palestine.
He said he will communicate with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who is the current chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement, to discuss the Palestinian problem.
"I will communicate with the Iranian president in his capacity as the chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement to discuss what can be done to end the violence," he said.
(Reported by Muhammad Arief Iskandar/H-YH/INE/KR-BSR/S012)
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