Indonesia – Remarks at the 80th UNGA General Debate (Excerpts on the Question of Palestine)

President Prabowo Subianto:

Indonesia’s Call for Hope

Remarks Delivered at the United Nations General Assembly

September 23, 2025

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Indonesia today is one of the largest contributors to United Nations Peacekeeping Forces. We believe in the United Nations. We will continue to serve where peace needs guardians not only with words, but with boots on the ground. If and when the Security Council and this Assembly decide, Indonesia is prepared to deploy 20,000 or even more of our sons and daughters to help secure peace in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Libya everywhere peace needs to be enforced and guarded.

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This year, Indonesia recorded the highest rice production and grain reserves in our history. We are now self sufficient in rice and have begun exporting to other nations in need, including Palestine.

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Our children are watching. They are learning leadership not from textbooks, but from our choices. Today, a catastrophic situation in Gaza is unfolding before our eyes. The innocent are crying for help, for salvation. Who will save them? Who will save the old, the women, the children? Millions are facing danger, trauma, and starvation. Can we remain silent?

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To close, I reiterate Indonesia’s complete support for the two-state solution in Palestine. We must have an independent Palestine, but we must also recognize and guarantee the safety and security of Israel. Only then can we have real peace, peace without hate, peace without suspicion.

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The only solution is the two-state solution. The descendants of Abraham must live in reconciliation, peace, and harmony. Arabs, Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, all religions must live as one human family. Indonesia is committed to being part of making this vision a reality. Is this a dream? Maybe. But this is the beautiful dream we must work toward together. Let us continue humanity’s journey of hope, a journey started by our forefathers, a journey that we must complete.

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