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Indonesia Plans To Send Peacekeepers to Lebanon


The Indonesia government has said it is planning to send up to one thousand troops to Lebanon this month as part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission there. Israel had objected to the deployment of Indonesian troops because the two countries do not have diplomatic ties.

The Indonesian government says it plans to deploy a 12-member advance party to the U.N. operation in Lebanon on September 20th and about one-thousand soldiers by the end of the month.

Presidential foreign policy adviser Dino Pati Djalal says that Indonesia is committed to helping maintain peace in the Middle East.

"Indonesia has always wanted to enhance our engagement in the process of leading to peace in the Middle East. They are training every day now. They are ready for deployment. Their morale is very high, and I'm confident they will do a good job in Lebanon maintaining the peace."

Djalal told VOA Saturday the force will consist of one battalion and an engineering unit, as well as logistics specialists to assist at the UN mission's headquarters.

Djalal also said the United Nations sent a formal invitation Friday asking Indonesia to participate in the peacekeeping operation in Lebanon.

Israel had previously rejected an offer by Indonesia to send troops, insisting peacekeepers should come only from countries with diplomatic relations with the Jewish state.

Djalal says the UN invitation indicates Israel has dropped its objection to Indonesia's participation.

"But the fact that the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations has written us, in a special letter of invitation, reflects on the issue of Israel's comment about Indonesia's participation earlier-in other words, there's now no impediment or objection to our participation."

Israel has not commented on the Indonesian announcement.

Though Indonesia, which has the world's largest Muslim population, does not recognize Israel, the two countries do have contact. The then-Israeli prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, visited the country in 1992, and Tel Aviv sent humanitarian aid after
the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which devastated parts of Indonesia.

The UN has urged other Muslim nations to contribute to the peacekeeping effort in Lebanon.

Malaysia and Bangladesh have also offered troops for the mission but neither country formally recognizes Israel. The UN has not yet decided whether to accept the offers.

The U.N. hopes to assemble a force of 15,000 troops to maintain a ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah following a month of hostilities.

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