REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDUNG -- West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan has said full support for an independent state of Palestine by countries participating in the upcoming Asia and Africa Conference (AAC) is a must and absolute.
In this modern era, it is irrational and inhuman to see a nation being oppressed and cruelly occupied, the governor said when receiving Palestinian Fighters and the National Committee for Palestinian People, here, Tuesday.
"In this super modern and super rational world, there is still a nation being oppressed right before our eyes," the governor noted.
Among nations participating in the previous AAC summits, only Palestine is still being occupied.
"Of course the AAC has significant meaning, because all countries attending the first AAC in 1955, have gained their independence, except Palestine," he remarked.
It is a must for independent countries to fully support and push for the freedom of Palestine, the governor added.
The 60th anniversary of the AAC to be held on April 24 is expected to yield three documents on world peace.
The three documents are Bandung Message, Declaration On Reintegrating New Asian Africa Strategic Partnership, and the Declaration On Palestine.
"The three documents will be the results of the AAC Summit and the 60th Anniversary of the Asia and Africa Conference in 2015," Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi said.
The Asia-Africa Conference (ACC) was first organized in Bandung, West Java, on April 18-24, 1955, at the initiative of Indonesia, Myanmar (Burma), Ceylon (Sri Lanka), India, and Pakistan.
It was seen as a symbol of freeing countries from colonialism, besides being a symbol of resurgence of Asian and African nations.
Some 29 countries representing more than half of the world's population had sent their delegates to the conference.
The conference resulted in the "Dasasila" Bandung, or the 10-points Bandung Declaration, on the Promotion of World Peace and Cooperation.
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