said the Indonesian president-elect Prabowo SubiantoToday, Saturday, his country is ready to send peacekeeping forces to implement a ceasefire in Gaza stripif necessary.
Prabowo added, in his speech during the Shangri-La Forum, the largest security forum in Asia, which is held in Singapore, that US President Joe Biden’s proposal yesterday, Friday, regarding a ceasefire in Gaza is “a step in the right direction.”
The elected president of Indonesia, the largest Islamic country in terms of population, also called for a comprehensive investigation into the events that Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, witnessed recently, especially what has become known as “Khiam massacre“, in which dozens of Palestinians were killed or wounded in an Israeli bombing of one of the displacement camps.
Prabowo, who will officially assume the presidency next October, confirmed that his country is ready to receive and treat up to a thousand injured Palestinians from Gaza.
Double standards
The European Union’s foreign and security policy official, Josep Borrell, had stated, at the same forum, that double standards must be avoided regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip, and the decision international justice Court.
He added that there are questions that we must answer regarding Ukraine, Gaza, and the issue of respect for international laws, as it is clear that international humanitarian law is no longer respected enough.
It is noteworthy that Israel continues for the eighth month in a row its devastating war on the Gaza Strip, causing the death and injury of tens of thousands of Palestinians, most of them women and children, and an unprecedented famine and humanitarian and health crisis.
The Asia Security and Defense Forum, or what is known as the “Shangri-La Dialogue Forum,” will continue in Singapore over a period of 3 days in the presence of army commanders, defense ministers, and heads of states overlooking the Indian and Pacific Oceans and others from across Europe. This year’s edition is the 21st after the forum began its work. For the first time in 2002.
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