Jakarta (ANTARA) – Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi requested the International Committee of the Red Cross’ (ICRC’s) support for evacuating 10 Indonesian citizens from Palestine’s Gaza Strip currently under the Israeli bombardments.”To this end, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has spoken to ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger in Geneva,” Indonesian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Lalu Muhammad Iqbalstated here on Tuesday. ccording to the ministry’s data, 45 Indonesian citizens currently reside in Palestine. Some 10 of them are in the Gaza Strip that has been under brutal Israeli bombardments since October 7. In addition to those in Palestine, the ministry noted that 230 Indonesian citizens are also doing religious tours in Israel when Hamas that runs Gaza launched a surprise attack in the early morning of October 7. Regarding her talks with the ICRC president, Iqbal said Foreign Minister Marsudi has appealed to the ICRC to support Indonesia’s efforts to evacuate its citizens from the Gaza Strip. Minister Marsudi also urged the ICRC to support endeavors to end violence and implement a humanitarian corridor into Gaza, he stated.
Source: Antara News Agency