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        "id": 1629958,
        "msgid": "president-asserts-indonesia-never-promised-to-contribute-rp-17-trillion-to-bop-1774187474",
        "date": "2026-03-22 20:15:52",
        "title": "President Asserts Indonesia Never Promised to Contribute Rp 17 Trillion to BoP",
        "author": "Budi Raharjo",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "President Prabowo Subianto has firmly denied any commitment from Indonesia to contribute $1 billion (approximately Rp 17 trillion) to the Board of Peace (BoP), a peace initiative sponsored by former U.S. President Donald Trump. He emphasised that Indonesia's involvement would focus on deploying peacekeepers to protect Gaza's citizens rather than financial pledges, and no such monetary obligation was discussed in prior donor meetings. While open to future contributions for Gaza's reconstruction via established channels like Baznas, Prabowo stressed there is absolutely no binding financial commitment to the BoP.",
        "content": "<p>President Prabowo Subianto insists Indonesia has never pledged or\ncommitted to contribute $1 billion (about Rp 17 trillion) to the Peace\nCouncil or Board of Peace (BoP) sponsored by U.S. President Donald\nTrump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, we never said that we want to contribute $1 billion,\u201d Prabowo\nsaid in an interview received in Jakarta on Sunday (March 22, 2026).<\/p>\n<p>The president also reiterated that no financial commitment has ever\nbeen promised to the United States regarding Indonesia\u2019s participation\nin the BoP. This, he added, is evident from Indonesia\u2019s absence from\nprevious meetings of founding donors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, never. In a meeting in Washington on February 19, it was a\nmeeting of founding donors. They each contribute, there may be a larger\none, but Indonesia is not there. Because from the beginning, when asked,\nI was not committed to money at all,\u201d Prabowo said.<\/p>\n<p>The president said Indonesia was ready to be part of the peace\ncouncil, but only through the contribution of peacekeepers to safeguard\nGaza\u2019s citizens, not funds. \u201cWe declare ready to send peacekeepers as\nneeded,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Prabowo said the government will keep abreast of future\ndevelopments. When the rebuilding of Gaza begins, Indonesia\u2019s possible\ncontribution will be considered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the ceasefire is successful and construction begins, it is not\nimpossible for Indonesia to participate. We have Baznas, and previously\nwe have also built a hospital and various other aids there,\u201d he\nexplained.<\/p>\n<p>However, Prabowo reiterated that there was no commitment to pay dues\nas a BoP member. \u201cThere is no commitment at all,\u201d the president\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, a Bloomberg report on Sunday (January 18, 2026), citing the\ncouncil\u2019s draft charter, said Donald Trump required a payment of $1\nbillion to members of the Peace Council in order to become a permanent\nmember of the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Each member state of the Peace Council gets an allotment of\nparticipation for three years from the entry into force of the charter,\nwith a possible extension by the Chairman of the Council, namely Donald\nTrump.<\/p>\n<p>However, the three-year membership limit is waived for \u201cmember states\nthat contribute more than $1 billion in cash to the Peace Council within\nthe first year of the charter\u2019s entry into force,\u201d another section of\nthe draft document said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/president-asserts-indonesia-never-promised-to-contribute-rp-17-trillion-to-bop-1774187474",
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