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38152
Tue, 12/30/2008 - 23:51
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TNI PREPARES C-130 HERCULES TO FLY AID TO PALESTINE
Jakarta, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian military (TNI) headquarters has prepared a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft to carry humanitarian aid to Palestine, a spokesman said.
The TNI headquarters' spokesman, Sagom Tamboen, said here on Tuesday the TNI had so far only prepared one aircraft but it was not impossible it would make more planes available for the purpose. "But it will all depend on how much aid needs to be sent there," he said.
The Indonesian government has strongly condemned the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in Palestine. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he had written to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UN Security Council president Neven Jurica to ask for an immediate UN meeting to produce a resolution to stop the attacks.
Israel and Palestine have been urged to return to the negotiating table to make peace.
In the letter to the UN Secretary General President Yudhoyono also appealed to the world to immediately help the Palestinians who were now in trouble.
The Indonesian government was also planning to give US$1 million in cash to help Palestine, apart from medical supplies that would be sent to the conflict-torn region.
"We are continuing to monitor developments in Gaza. Indonesia will do what it can at regional as well as multilateral levels to defuse the conflict there," the President said.
More than 300 people have been killed including 57 civilians, children and women and at least 1,400 others have been wounded in the Israeli attacks.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has asked Israel to immediately stop its attacks on Gaza and allow humanitarian aid to reach the Palestinian victims.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, had also asked Israel to adhere to international laws, particularly in the use of military force and in attacks on civilians.
The TNI headquarters' spokesman, Sagom Tamboen, said here on Tuesday the TNI had so far only prepared one aircraft but it was not impossible it would make more planes available for the purpose. "But it will all depend on how much aid needs to be sent there," he said.
The Indonesian government has strongly condemned the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in Palestine. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he had written to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UN Security Council president Neven Jurica to ask for an immediate UN meeting to produce a resolution to stop the attacks.
Israel and Palestine have been urged to return to the negotiating table to make peace.
In the letter to the UN Secretary General President Yudhoyono also appealed to the world to immediately help the Palestinians who were now in trouble.
The Indonesian government was also planning to give US$1 million in cash to help Palestine, apart from medical supplies that would be sent to the conflict-torn region.
"We are continuing to monitor developments in Gaza. Indonesia will do what it can at regional as well as multilateral levels to defuse the conflict there," the President said.
More than 300 people have been killed including 57 civilians, children and women and at least 1,400 others have been wounded in the Israeli attacks.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has asked Israel to immediately stop its attacks on Gaza and allow humanitarian aid to reach the Palestinian victims.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, had also asked Israel to adhere to international laws, particularly in the use of military force and in attacks on civilians.
