Indonesia Saturday condemned the operations of Israeli troops in Gaza since Jan. 16, leaving at least 24 Palestinians dead.
"Israeli military operations which are often launched in the Palestinian zone has caused failure of efforts to bring about a conducive situation made under the Annapolis settlement framework," Antara news agency Saturday quoted Kristiarto Soeryo Legowo, Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying.
The United States hosted the Annapolis (Maryland, U.S.) conference late in November last year.
Indonesia, he said, extremely deplored the Israeli action and hoped that all the parties refrain in a bid to make the dialog periodically held by the two sides could run smoothly.
"Indonesia has always been consistent in supporting the full independence of Palestine in a bid to live peacefully with Israel. Indonesia believes that peace could be achieved through dialogs and negotiations," he said.
Kristiarto expressed the hope that the Annapolis conference would not only help improve the dialogs and comprehensive peace in the Middle East but also reactivate peace talks on the Goland Heights and South Lebanon.
He also said now Indonesia is preparing an Asia-Africa conference in an effort to raise the Palestinian capacity scheduled in the first quarter of 2008.
At the donors conference for Palestine held in Paris in December last year, Indonesia made a commitment to provide financial aid of one million U.S. dollars, which was one of Indonesia's assistance to Palestine.
Source: Xinhua
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