The Foreign Ministry Asked The German Embassy To Make An Official Statement Regarding Visits To FPI Headquarters

A number of people waiting for Rizieq Shihab's arrival from Saudi Arabia some time ago (Photo: Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kemenlu) of the Republic of Indonesia demands that the German Embassy (Embassy) provides an official statement to the public regarding the visit of one of its staff to the DPP Secretariat of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) in Petamburan, Central Jakarta. This is intended so that there are no misunderstandings regarding the issue.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs demands that the German Embassy provide an official statement to the public as explained to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," quoted from the official website of Kemenlu.go.id, Monday, December 21.

This is because the arrival of the embassy staff became a wild ball and made unilateral claims. Where FPI Secretary Munarman and Deputy General Secretary of FPI Aziz Yanuar claimed that the arrival of the German embassy staff was a form of support and would provide special education for the deaths of six special FPI troops. This event is also called the world's attention.

Where all these claims were denied by the German Embassy. The German Embassy denied all that was conveyed by the FPI.

This became known after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Head of Representative of the German Embassy. From this statement, it is known that the arrival of the embassy staff was not stated on the orders or knowledge of the leadership. But on the staff's personal initiative.

"The Head of Representative of the German Embassy confirmed that the incident did not reflect the policies of the Government and the German Embassy and strongly rejected the impression that the arrival of the embassy staff was a form of German support for the organization," he wrote.

With this incident the German Embassy apologized and regretted what had happened.

In this official statement, the German Embassy was also said to expressly express support and commitment to continue bilateral cooperation with Indonesia to fight intolerance, radicalism and hate speech.

"The German embassy said that the diplomatic staff had been asked to return immediately to account for his actions and provide clarification to his government," he wrote.