Indonesia Flying 2 Million US Dollars Of Medicine And Medical Devices For Palestine

The departure of humanitarian aid in the form of medicines and medical equipment to Palestine was worth $2 million on Wednesday morning. (ANTARA/HO-Ministry of Finance)

JAKARTA - The Government of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) through the International Development Cooperation Fund (LDKPI) or Indonesian AID dispatched humanitarian assistance in the form of medicines and medical equipment worth US$2 million to Palestine on Wednesday, November 22 in the morning. "This evening departure is part of a series of implementations of the assistance of the Indonesian Government which was previously released by the President of the Republic of Indonesia on November 20, 2023 at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base,” said Secretary of the Directorate General of Financing and Risk Management of the Ministry of Finance Ubaidi Socheh Hamidi in Jakarta on November 22, was confiscated by Antara. The humanitarian aid was flown by charter plane Airbus A330-900neo owned by Lion Air with a direct flight route from Jakarta to El-Arish Airport, Egypt. The plane took off at 04.30 WIB and landed in Egypt on the same day at 11.00 local time. The aid was handed over to UNRWA (BP Agency responsible for dealing with Palestinian refugees) through the Egyptian Red Crescent (Egypt. Red Crescent), then UNRWA will distribute aid to the affected Palestinian people. On a separate occasion, LDKPI President Director Tormarbulang Lumbantobing revealed 55 trillion medical medicines and equipment departing with a total value of IDR 31.9 billion or the equivalent of 2 million US dollars. The assistance was funded by LDKPI or Indonesian AID with full support from the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Finance. Tor Tobing said all shipments adjusted to the list of needs from UNRWA recommendations, the UN agency that handles Palestinian refugees. "“ All items sent are items that are really needed by residents of Gaza," said Tor Tobing.

LDKPI is a Public Service Agency (BLU) within the Ministry of Finance that was formed to provide support for international development cooperation, including carrying out humanitarian missions. The sending of humanitarian assistance from the Government of Indonesia is a form of synergy with a number of other ministries, institutions and institutions to carry out the mandate of the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution, namely to participate in implementing world order based on independence, eternal peace, and social justice.