Purbaya Reveals No Instructions from Prabowo to Pay BoP Membership Fees

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has revealed that President Prabowo Subianto never instructed him to make payments for membership fees to the Board of Peace or BoP.

Purbaya also stated that there has been no commitment to pay BoP fees to date. Indonesia is only committed to sending troops.

“From the first day, he (President Prabowo) has been committed to sending troops, but there is no commitment to pay. Especially since my money is being used for Israel,” Purbaya said on Wednesday (22/4/2026).

“I have never received instructions from the president to provide funds for BoP, and the president also said we never promised (to pay BoP fees),” he explained.

Previously, President Prabowo had affirmed that the Indonesian government never committed to paying BoP fees amounting to US$1 billion, as established by Donald Trump. Prabowo stated that he never discussed any commitment regarding BoP fees with Trump.

“So we never said that we want to join the US$1 billion fees. No, never,” Prabowo said in an interview with several media outlets some time ago, quoted from Detikcom on Wednesday (22/4/2026).

Prabowo then mentioned a meeting attended by ‘founding donors’ countries of BoP in Washington DC, USA. Indonesia, he said, was not present there.

“And this, this in the meeting in Washington on 19 February last, well, these are the founding donors. So, they each contributed, some possibly more. But Indonesia was not there. Because I also committed, when asked, I did not commit any money at all,” Prabowo said.

On the other hand, Prabowo stated that Indonesia is ready to be part of that peace council by contributing through the deployment of peacekeeping troops. According to him, Indonesia is willing to send a number of troops as needed.

“We said we are ready for peacekeeping troops, however many are requested,” he said.