JAKARTA: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will quit US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace if it does not benefit Palestinians, a government statement said, as the country’s involvement faces scrutiny following the US-Israeli war on Iran.
The former general has come under mounting criticism from Muslim groups for his decision to join the board and pledge to send thousands of peacekeeping troops to Gaza under a ceasefire agreement that halted two years of devastating war there.
Prabowo told leaders of local Muslim groups this week that Indonesia’s membership in the Board of Peace aimed to achieve a lasting peace in Gaza, according to a government communication agency statement on Friday.