REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesia will continue to support the Palestinian efforts for independence, Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi stated. "Indonesia will continue its commitment to supporting the Palestinian independence. We won't backtrack from it," Marsudi announced here, Tuesday, during an Annual Press Statement 2017.

Indonesia also fully supports the UN Security Council Resolution 2334 that condemns Israel's illegal settlements in Palestinian territories. 

Despite several challenges, Indonesia will gather international support to achieve the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Marsudi remarked. "Indonesia will continue to gather support from the international community to achieve the two-state solution," the minister said.

Indonesia will support the international conference initiated by the French government to mediate in the conflict between Palestine and Israel. 

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Indonesia will attend the conference in Paris to be held this month. Indonesia attended the conference in 2016 also. "Indonesia has opened an Honorary Consulate in Ramallah. We have also planned to open an Indonesian House in Palestine," Marsudi added.

Earlier, envoys of several countries attended the Extraordinary OIC Summit on Palestine and Al Quds Al Sharif in Jakarta on March 2016 held by the Indonesian government. The summit came out with the Jakarta Declaration that included plans and efforts to support the Palestinian independence. 

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