Indonesia Supports Palestine

The Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki appealed to the international community, including Indonesia, to act against Israeli aggression in Jerusalem. "More than 3,000 people are injured, half of them children. Israel has violated international law and human rights," he said in a press conference with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi in Gedung Pancasila in Jakarta last week.

Retno said Indonesia's stance on supporting the status of Eastern Jerusalem as the capital city of Palestine had never changed. Moreover, the country stands by the two-state solution, with Palestine and Israel co-existing side by side. "We also fully support Palestine's effort to achieve independence," she said.