Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Ready To Use All Diplomacy And Politics Lines To Distribution Of Humanitarian Aid To Palestine

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Anis Matta. (VOI/AFI)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is ready to use all diplomatic and political channels to help distribute humanitarian aid from Indonesia to Palestinians, said Deputy Foreign Minister Anis Matta.

This was said by Deputy Foreign Minister Anis Matta in the launch of the campaign to sign the Joint Campaign Support "Indonesia for Palestine: Solidarity, Real Action and New Hope" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta.

The collaboration between the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Indonesian Ulema Council, Baznas and various zakat and humanitarian aid institutions in Indonesia, is a thought for the past three months to start a coordinated solidarity movement in distributing aid to Palestine, ensuring it is accepted by Palestinians and on target.

"Aid so far has had more field problems, mainly due to security, security issues, both on the part of Egypt, Jordan and Israel itself," said the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Wednesday, February 26.

"By providing assistance from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hopefully we can overcome these obstacles," he continued.

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia said the campaign launched today was a solidarity movement for Palestine, a collaboration between the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and zakat and humanitarian institutions and Indonesian philanthropy, as well as representatives from Malaysia and Thailand.

"Later, through this coordination, we will cooperate with humanitarian institutions there (Palestinian), both those under the United Nations and local humanitarian institutions there, we will use all open channels, especially through Jordan and Egypt," explained the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia.

He added that the initial target of this coordination was around 200 million US dollars or around Rp. 3.2 trillion in humanitarian aid that could be collected.

"We want to start a humanitarian diplomacy movement. Brothers are all philanthropic, NGO, the spearhead of Indonesian humanitarian diplomacy," said the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia.