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Mon, 07/14/2008 - 13:53
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PRESIDENT OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON PALESTINE
Jakarta, July 14 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the State Palace here on Monday officially kicked off Ministerial Conference on Capacity Building for Palestine organized under the New Asia-Africa Strategic Partnership framework.
The two-day conference (July 14 and 15) is being attended by representatives of Asian and African regions. The conference is jointly organized by Indonesia and South Africa.
"The ministerial level conference is aimed at improving the capacity building of Palestinians," Teuku Fiazasyah, a spokesman of the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry, said recently.
The conference would focus on concrete projects, he said.
The idea to hold the conference was the fact that there was still a colonized country, namely Palestine, 50 years after the Asia-African Conference organized in Bandung in 1955, he said.
The Asian African countries had experiences in development and their efforts to help Palestine would compliment other efforts by the international world, he said.
Meanwhile, Ibnu Hadi, Director for Cooperation in the Asian, Pacific and African inter-region of the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry, said most of the Asian-African countries were committed to providing technical assistance to Palestine.
The cooperation would probably involve the private sector, he said.
In addition to Asian-African countries, the conference was also attended by representatives from Cuba, Brazil and Venezuela.
The two-day conference (July 14 and 15) is being attended by representatives of Asian and African regions. The conference is jointly organized by Indonesia and South Africa.
"The ministerial level conference is aimed at improving the capacity building of Palestinians," Teuku Fiazasyah, a spokesman of the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry, said recently.
The conference would focus on concrete projects, he said.
The idea to hold the conference was the fact that there was still a colonized country, namely Palestine, 50 years after the Asia-African Conference organized in Bandung in 1955, he said.
The Asian African countries had experiences in development and their efforts to help Palestine would compliment other efforts by the international world, he said.
Meanwhile, Ibnu Hadi, Director for Cooperation in the Asian, Pacific and African inter-region of the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry, said most of the Asian-African countries were committed to providing technical assistance to Palestine.
The cooperation would probably involve the private sector, he said.
In addition to Asian-African countries, the conference was also attended by representatives from Cuba, Brazil and Venezuela.
