Seven Palestinians Among Attendees At AA Conference

Bandung, West Java, April 18 (Antara) - Seven Palestinian youths who are participating in a training program held by the foreign ministry attended the commemoration of the 58th Asia-Africa Conference anniversary here on Thursday. "The event is also attended by representatives from a number of the conference participants," Abdurrahman Mochammad Fachir, the directorate general of information and public diplomacy of the ministry of foreign affairs, said. He said the seven Palestinians are participants of a human resource empowerment program held by the foreign ministry. "Indonesia has a training program for 1,000 Palestinian youths on economy, education, infrastructure, administration and others," he said. Fachir said the commemoration of the AA Conference was one of the ways to maintain the spirit of the Bandung Declaration to release the world from any kind of oppression, create peace and improve the welfare of the people in the world. He said it was hoped the commemoration would also help spur the world`s recognition of the Palestinian state. He said Indonesia will always commit itself to promoting Palestinian independence in international forums in addition to helping improve the quality of Palestinian human resources. "Indonesia will always promote and gather support for the Palestinian independence including holding meetings like the one in Bali that has resulted in a step forward in the Palestinian status in the United Nations," he said.