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The Indonesian Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi, inaugurated the new Indonesian honorary consulate in Palestine in an event in Amman, Jordan, on Sunday after Israel denied her entrance to Rammalah following Indonesia’s push to boycott Israeli products, reports The Jakarta Post website.
The inauguration was conducted in the Jordanian capital not long after Mrs Retno and her delegation were headed for Ramallah. Israel denied issuing an overflight permit for a Jordanian air force helicopter transporting the foreign minister to Ramallah, according to the Indonesian Cabinet Secretary website on Sunday.
Alternatively, Indonesia held the inauguration at the Indonesia Embassy in Amman. Mrs Retno also inaugurated Maha Abu-Shuhseh as honorary consul to Palestine.
Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad al-Maliki, Indonesian Ambassador to Jordan Teguh Wardoyo and other Indonesian and Palestinian officials observed the inauguration ceremony.
The opening of the honorary consulate is a manifest of Indonesia’s support to Palestine’s freedom, foreign minister Retno said.
She asked consul Maha Abu- Shusheh to have an active role in boosting bilateral ties between the two countries.
“I hope Indonesia’s consul in Ramallah can connect Indonesians and Palestinians,” she said, adding that the office also served to provide protection to Indonesians and as a body for economic and social-cultural cooperation.
Indonesia’s honorary consul in Ramallah is the first among 41 embassies and foreign consulates in Ramallah. Other foreign honorary consuls to Palestine are located in Bethlehem.
Indonesia and Palestine trade relations recorded an increase to $3.67 million in 2015, from $1.02 million in 2014. Around 50,000 Indonesians visit Palestine every year , including Muslims and Christians for pilgrimage purposes.
See more at http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/03/14/indonesia-opens-honorary-consulate-palestine-ramallah.html
Source: www.thejakartapost.com
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