Indonesia Explains Why It Took Long for ASEAN to Respond to Gaza Conflict
Jakarta, 1 November 2023 – Indonesia on Tuesday defended ASEAN’s overdue statement on the Israel-Palestine conflict, saying that the 10-member group needed to find a middle ground that could serve as the bloc’s collective position. The conflict in Gaza escalated when the militant group Hamas…
Indonesia quietly engaging key stakeholders in Myanmar crisis, foreign minister says
JAKARTA – Indonesia has for months been quietly engaging key stakeholders in Myanmar’s conflict, as well as neighbours India, Thailand, and China in an effort to kick-start a peace process as violence intensifies, its foreign minister said on Friday. Retno Marsudi earlier told Reuters exclusively…