Yusril criticizes powerful countries

Yusril criticizes powerful countries

JAKARTA: Weak countries were now the targets of the
imperialist ambition of powerful countries, Justice and Human
Rights Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra said on Thursday.

"Now, the most powerful countries in terms of weapons are
willing to exercise preemptive strikes when they consider a
country is unfriendly, or is posing a danger or threat to their
interests," he said in a speech during a ceremony to observe
International Peace Day, which fell on Sept. 21.

Yusril said he was concerned about the use of force by
powerful countries "which are losing their confidence in the
multilateralism of the United Nations". The use of force was a
means to dominate weak countries and control their economic
resources, he said. -- JP