JAKARTA - International Relations Expert at the National University Hendra Maulana Saragih said that Indonesia as part of the Board of Peace (BoP) needs to be alert to conflicts of interest between countries in the midst of global conflicts.
"Indonesia's active free politics must maintain sovereignty in the midst of the onslaught of conflicts of interest because the country has diplomatic relations with many other countries," he explained.
"Among the concerns about Indonesia joining the BoP, first, the interests, it is clear. What are the interests? As a country that has diplomatic relations with many countries, Indonesia needs to be careful not to get involved in conflicts of interest or the internal politics of any country," he said.
"Indonesia in every policy, he said, must be thought through carefully to avoid the influence of foreign policy that can strain diplomatic relations with other countries.
Amid the global conflict between Iran and Israel-United States, 65 figures and more than 70 civil organizations urged Indonesia to withdraw from the BoP.
Hendra explained that the insistence could be an input for Indonesia to review its commitment to maintaining peace in the midst of the current conflict.
"This is the right moment, a big moment for Indonesia to think again," he said.
It is known that 65 figures consisting of legal experts, academics, culturalists, experts, to religious leaders together with 79 civil society organizations published a petition entitled "Against the New Imperialism" on Sunday (1/3).
The petition responds to various Indonesian foreign policies in the form of the rejection of the delivery of security units in Gaza of 8,000 TNI personnel, and the Indonesia-United States (US) trade agreement or agreement on reciprocal trade (ART) signed by President Prabowo Subianto in Washington DC, United States, Thursday (19/2).
Escalation in the Middle East on Saturday (28/2) is also a major concern in the petition at this time. They assess that the Peace Council should be able to maintain peace, but the geopolitical conflict in the Middle East did not end peacefully.
Therefore, they urged the government and the House of Representatives (DPR) to immediately withdraw Indonesia from the BoP membership and reject the dispatch of the TNI task force in Gaza.
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