Purbaya Clarifies Indonesia Has No Commitment to Pay BoP Dues
Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa stated that the Indonesian government to date has no commitment to pay dues to the Board of Peace (BoP) or Peace Council, which is tasked with overseeing the transition and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. The dues set for BoP members amount to US$1 billion or approximately Rp17.14 trillion, assuming an exchange rate of Rp17,147 per US dollar.
“The President always says: no, we have not committed to pay. From the start, he committed to sending troops; we committed to sending troops, but there is no commitment to pay,” said Purbaya when met at his office in Central Jakarta on Tuesday, 21 April 2026.
Purbaya admitted that he has never received instructions from President Prabowo Subianto to prepare a budget for the BoP dues. He also expressed objections to using government funds for Israel’s interests and affirmed that the government’s position on this matter remains unchanged.
Previously, Prabowo stated that Indonesia never promised to pay the US$1 billion dues to the BoP, an international institution reportedly initiated by President Donald Trump. According to Prabowo, Indonesia’s commitment is limited to sending soldiers in a peacekeeping mission through the International Stabilisation Force.
That statement was made by Prabowo during an interview session with several journalists and experts at his private residence in Hambalang, Bogor, on 17–18 March 2026. “We never said that we want to join the US$1 billion dues,” said Prabowo, quoted from an interview video shared by the Presidential Secretariat on Sunday, 22 March 2026.
On that occasion, Prabowo emphasised that there has been no financial commitment ever promised to the United States regarding Indonesia’s participation in the Peace Council.
Prabowo also mentioned Indonesia’s absence from the donor funding meeting in Washington D.C. on 19 February as evidence that Indonesia is not involved in the initial funding commitment. He stressed that Indonesia’s contribution to the Peace Council is in the form of readiness to send peacekeeping troops as needed, not in the form of funds.