JAKARTA: Indonesia” clearly rejects” the request made by President Donald Trump for the United States to assume control of Gaza and absorb Palestinians abroad, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
Trump claimed that the US would restore the region and make it known as” the Riviera of the Middle East” on Tuesday, but did not go into specifics about how to remove nearly two million Palestinians from the region.
Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, has constantly called for a two-state alternative to the Israeli-Palestinian issue.
In a statement posted on social media X, the foreign ministry stated that” Indonesia strongly rejects any effort to forcibly relocate Palestinians or change the demographic structure of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
Jakarta further demanded that international law be respected, particularly the Palestinians ‘ right to self-determination and their unalienable right to return to their homeland, the department added.
Despite both places firmly rejecting the notion, Trump asserted support from the “highest management” in the Middle East and increased pressure on Egypt and Jordan to accept displaced Palestinians.
Jakarta said addressing the “root reason” of the fight, namely” the outlawed and persistent Israeli occupation of the Arab territory”, was the only path to achieve a lasting peace in the region, the statement added.
