Malaysian Foreign Minister Sambangi Jokowi At The Palace, Discuss Myanmar Conflict To Gaza Palestine

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohammad bin Hasan shook hands after meeting President Jokowi at the Jakarta Palace, Tuesday (6/2/2024). (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Malaysian Foreign Minister (Menlu) Mohammad bin Hasan met with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Tuesday, February 6.

The meeting between the two discussed a number of matters, including solving the crisis in Myanmar to ceasefire or a ceasefire in Palestine.

"I provide a'report status' regarding the relationship between two things, the serranta relationship and also the Malaysian-Indonesian relations with the people of the nation. If there is a dispute regarding Myanmar, relations between nations are also related to the Palestinian issue," said Foreign Minister Hasan when met at the Presidential Palace. Jakarta, Tuesday 6 February, confiscated by Antara.

Foreign Minister Hasan explained that his visit was also in the context of an honorary visit as Malaysian Foreign Minister who officially served in December 2023. Previously, Foreign Minister Hasan served as Minister of Defense (Menhan) Malaysia in 2022-2023.

When meeting President Jokowi, Hasan explained that the turmoil in Myanmar is currently being pursued through a troika mechanism so that the solution to the crisis in the country can be achieved.

Through a pattern involving the previous ASEAN Chair, he said, namely Indonesia; the current chairman of ASEAN, namely Laos and the Chair of ASEAN next year, Malaysia, offers solutions to the Myanmar conflict to be sustainable.

This troika mechanism is also based on the implementation of the 'Five Points Consensus'.

In addition to solving the Myanmar crisis, Foreign Minister Hasan emphasized that Malaysia and Indonesia continue to have votes at any conference or world stage to call for a ceasefire against the Palestinian people.

"For us this is a humanitarian issue. This is not a religious issue, this is not an issue of another article, this is a humanitarian issue, a 'humanity'. Cruelty has been carried out against humans, the Palestinian people 'have the right to live', the Palestinian people 'have the right to stay in their homeland'," said Foreign Minister Hasan.

On the same occasion, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi accompanied the meeting of Foreign Minister Hasan and President Joko Widodo.

"This is actually an introductory visit because he is relatively new to being Minister of Foreign Affairs. Previously he was Minister of Defense then became Foreign Minister and in fact this is not the first time he has met him," said Foreign Minister Retno.