Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will attend the first meeting of Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” next week, officials said Wednesday, as the Southeast Asian country gears up for a bigger role in global diplomacy.
Jakarta is also readying to deploy up to 8,000 soldiers to Gaza, the first country to make such a pledge in support of Trump’s planned multinational peacekeeping force in the war-torn region.
While other governments have been less willing to send troops, Prabowo — who is also set to sign a trade deal with Washington — has ambitions to raise Indonesia’s international profile, the Financial Times wrote.
The former general has called for an independent Palestine, but some believe he is softening his stance toward Israel.