Indonesia ready to send peacekeepers to Ukraine, but there’s condition
Photo: Prabowo Subianto, President of Indonesia (Getty Images)
Indonesia is willing to send peacekeeping forces to Ukraine, but there is one condition, said the country’s President, Prabowo Subianto, during his speech at the UN General Assembly debates.
The Indonesian President said he is ready to deploy peacekeepers to Ukraine under the United Nations’ auspices once the UN makes the corresponding decision.
"We believe in the United Nations, we will continue to serve where peace needs guardians — not with just words, but with boots on the ground. If and when the Security Council and this Great Assembly decide, Indonesia is prepared to deploy 20,000 or even more of our sons and daughters to secure peace in Gaza or elsewhere, in Ukraine, in Sudan, in Libya, everywhere when the peace needs to be enforced," Subianto stated.
He confirmed the country’s readiness to take on a share of responsibility, noting that "peace needs to be guarded."
Earlier, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi expressed skepticism about the idea of sending UN peacekeepers to Ukraine. He pointed out that monitoring mechanisms by the OSCE and UN have proven ineffective.
Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented on Western plans to deploy peacekeeping forces in Ukraine. According to him, such a contingent would become a legitimate target for the Russian army.
Lavrov emphasized that their presence in Ukraine would be seen by Russia as a Western occupation of the country. He also added that the "flag of peacekeepers will also not be considered by Russia".
Additionally, we reported that under security guarantees, allied states are considering sending troops to Ukraine, but this would only be possible after a peace agreement. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made the statement but did not provide any further details.
