killed in Lebanon<\/a>.<\/p>\nIn the joint statement, the countries urged the UN Security Council to conduct a thorough investigation into the incidents in Southern Lebanon that killed three Indonesian peacekeepers and wounded several others, including from France, Ghana, Nepal and Poland.<\/p>\n
The Foreign Ministry in Jakarta said 73 countries and UN observer nations supported the statement, delivered by Indonesia’s permanent representative to the UN, Umar Hadi, in New York.<\/p>\n
“The safety and security of UN peacekeepers are non-negotiable. We urge the UN Security Council to use all available instruments to strengthen protection for peacekeeping forces amid an increasingly dangerous situation,” the ministry quoted Umar as saying.<\/p>\n
“Troop-contributing countries also call for an end to violence in Lebanon, de-escalation of tensions, and encourage all parties to return to the negotiating table to achieve a peaceful settlement,” it added.<\/p>\n
Three Indonesian peacekeepers died in two separate blasts in southern Lebanon in late March.<\/p>\n
A third blast less than a week later – inside a UN facility in southern Lebanon – injured three more Indonesian soldiers.<\/p>\n
The deadly incidents sparked calls from Indonesian authorities for an investigation and security guarantees for peacekeeping forces.<\/p>\n
The Foreign Ministry has called the attacks “unacceptable”.<\/p>\n
It urged the UN Security Council “to immediately convene a meeting of troop-contributing countries to UNIFIL (the UN Interim Force in Lebanon) to conduct a review and take measures to enhance the protection of personnel serving with UN Interim Force in Lebanon”.<\/p>\n
President Prabowo Subianto has said he “strongly condemns every heinous act that undermines peace and causes the deaths of our nation’s soldiers”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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