Malaysia, Indonesia ready to send peacekeeping forces to Gaza

This information was shared by Prime Minister Anwar on his personal Facebook page after a phone call with Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto on July 1.

According to Anwar, the two leaders discussed Prabowo’s recent role in representing Indonesia internationally, as well as his efforts in promoting regional and global vision, cooperation and peace. Prime Minister Anwar also expressed support for the initiative of cooperation between Malaysia and Indonesia in international peacekeeping missions. In particular, Malaysia is ready to cooperate with Indonesia to deploy peacekeeping forces to Gaza if authorized by the United Nations. Anwar also mentioned the possibility of expanding this cooperation to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional level.

Prime Minister Anwar also said that efforts need to be stepped up to strengthen ASEAN as a key platform to address regional issues. Malaysia will assume the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN in 2025.

UN statistics show that as of the end of April, Malaysia had 862 people participating in UN peacekeeping operations, including about 825 soldiers. Meanwhile, Indonesia sent 2,715 people to participate in UN peacekeeping operations.