[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Indonesia to Send Soldiers for U.N.'s Force in Lebanon
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Indonesia to Send Soldiers for U.N.'s Force in Lebanon
By JANE PERLEZ
Published: September 2, 2006
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Sept. 1 - Indonesia said Friday that it expected to send a
contingent of 1,000 soldiers to join the United Nations peacekeeping force in
southern Lebanon, even though Israel had earlier objected to its participation.
Israel's opposition to Indonesian troops has softened, said Dino Djalal, the
foreign policy adviser to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
"My latest information is that Israel has or will state or indicate they do not
object to their participation," he said.
In early discussions about a peacekeeping force, Israel said it would oppose
the participation of soldiers from Muslim countries that did not have
diplomatic relations with Israel, a position that appeared to bar soldiers from
Indonesia, Malaysia and Bangladesh.
In Tel Aviv, Mark Regev, the spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry,
couched Israel's position in a way that fell short of outright rejection. "We
think all countries who want to contribute should have relations with both
sides, with us and with Lebanon," he said.
An Israeli Foreign Ministry official said Friday evening that while there might
yet be an agreement with Indonesia on sending troops, "matters are still not
finalized."
In voicing their concerns, Israeli officials have said that countries that do
not formally recognize Israel would have difficulty in dispatching soldiers who
would be even-handed.
But in talking about the participation of Muslim countries, Israeli officials
have said they regard some Muslim countries in a more positive light than
others.
They noted that the former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin visited
Indonesia in 1992 and that Israel sent relief aid to Indonesia after the
tsunami in December 2004. Wahid Abdurrahman, the former Indonesian president,
visited Israel twice in the 1990's when he was the leader of one of Indonesia's
largest Muslim organizations.
At the United Nations, peacekeeping officials said they regarded Indonesia and
Malaysia as strong participants in past peacekeeping missions and were moving
ahead with plans to incorporate soldiers from both countries. Malaysia has also
offered 1,000 troops for the force.
The world's most populous Muslim country, Indonesia is considered moderate in
its religious outlook, and its soldiers have served in 30 United Nations
peacekeeping operations, including two in the Middle East.
For the Indonesians, the dispatch of troops to the high-profile peacekeeping
assignment in Lebanon is seen as a prestigious role, particularly as the
military adjusts to a less powerful role at home after the collapse in 1998 of
the authoritarian regime of Gen. Suharto.
Mr. Yudhoyono has promoted Indonesia's participation as part of an effort to
promote himself as a leader with a presence in international affairs, a
position that past Indonesian presidents, including General Suharto, avoided.
Indonesia plans to send one battalion and one engineering platoon, Mr. Djalal
said. Final details of the deployment were being worked out at the United
Nations headquarters in New York. "Once that's done, they are ready to go," he
said.
Israel has voiced harsher reservations about troops from Malaysia, which it
regards as less friendly toward it than Indonesia is.
Spain to Send 1,100 Troops
MADRID, Sept. 1 (AP) - The Spanish government agreed Friday to contribute up to
1,100 troops to the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon and to lead
one of its multinational brigades.
The decision, made at a weekly cabinet meeting, is expected to be approved by
Spain's Parliament in a vote next Thursday.
Deputy Prime Minister María Teresa Fernández de la Vega said that, if the
mission is approved, Spain will immediately send marines to Lebanon. They would
be replaced in November by other Spanish troops, who will take command of a
multinational brigade, she said.
Steven Erlanger contributed reporting from Jerusalem for this article.
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