France and Indonesia convened, this Wednesday, May 28, “progress” in June for “mutual recognition between Israel and Palestine” during a visit to Emmanuel Macron in Yakarta, where he listened to the country with the most populous Muslim majority in the world in their diplomatic efforts.
“Indonesia has indicated that once Israel has recognized Palestine, he will be ready to recognize Israel and establish diplomatic relations,” said Indonesia president, Pabowo, before the cameras, under his French counterpart after a long interview face -to -face.
“The solution of two states and the freedom of Palestine are the only form of real peace,” he said.
In this context, “we must recognize and guarantee the rights of Israel as a sovereign country, to which we must pay attention and whose security must be guaranteed,” he added. Indonesia has defended this solution for a long time, but does not maintain relations with Israel to date.
Even if Wednesday’s commitment remains very hypothetical at this stage, President Pabowo’s strong statement constitutes a rare guarantee in this regard, in a country where opinion is very sensitive to the situation of the Palestinians in Gaza.
A “credible roadmap” for June
The two countries have published a joint statement condemned by Israeli plans to take control of the besieged Palestinian territory and any “forced displacement of the Palestinian population.”
But they also wanted to agree that the international conference that France and Saudi Arabia will be charged in June to the UN in the question lead to a “credible roadmap” and “progress” to “mutual recognition between Israel and Palestine”. And promotes a dynamic “towards the recognition of the state of Palestine by all countries with security guarantees for all.”
The Elysée welcomes this common diplomatic message, and provides before the meeting that “all steps (…) in the direction of mutual recognition” are “giant steps in view of the current situation in Gaza”.
Because in his “determination” of recognizing a state of Palestine, potentially in June, Emmanuel Macron hopes in exchange for obtaining salaries from the Arab-Muslims countries. Indonesia is the second stage of the six -day French tour of the French president in Southeast Asia.
“France does not know a double standard”
Tuesday night arrived from Vietnam, before concluding his trip on Thursday night and Friday in Singapore, he wants to show off his third form of Yakarta with the historical singer of non -aligned, in this region taken in the growing confrontation between the United States and China.
The Palestinian Archive should be an opportunity to try to demonstrate that there are no two pesos for its part in the commitment of peace in the Middle East compared to the massive investment of Western in favor of Ukraine.
“I know all the emotion awakened by this” Israeli-Palestine “war and the questions sometimes about the position of Europe and France,” said Emmanuel Macron after being welcome with great fanfare for his counterpart, which he described as “brother” and who will be invited to honor Paris.
“France does not know a double standard,” he said, remembering that he was supporting Israel to defend himself after the attack on the Palestinian Islamist movement of October 7, 2023, as condemned by the continuation of military operations against Gaza.
A message addressed to Beijing and Washington
Beyond that, it has strengthened the “Franco-Indoneian Association in all areas, defense and security, economy, culture” the example of what you want for France with all Southeast Asian countries. As in Vietnam, the Head of State presented France in “Power of Peace and Balance”, concerned about an international order “based on the law.”
A message addressed both to Beijing, which is becoming increasingly offensive in its territorial claims in southern China, and Donald Trump and its drastic increases in customs duties.
Emmanuel Macron hopes to translate his positioning in contracts for French companies, particularly in terms of defense, energy and critical minerals, in a region in search of partners to loosen the stadium between these two superpowers. But he only mentioned in front of the “perspectives” press of “new commands” of rural combat plans or scorpable submarines.
In any case, the two countries have announced an increase in their defense cooperation, while Indonesia has provided in the past, especially in Russia for their combat planes. On Thursday, Emmanuel Macron will go to Yogyakarta, in the center of Java, where he will visit Borobudur’s Buddhist temple, as well as a military academy.
Source: BFM TV
