Made Arya Kencana | November 10, 2012
Nusa Dua, Bali. The leaders of Indonesia and Iran on
Friday spoke out against foreign intervention in settling the bloody
two-year civil conflict in Syria.
In a statement following a
bilateral meeting between Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Bali Democracy
Forum, the two heads of state agreed that the resolution to the conflict
should rest with Syrians themselves.
“The two countries agreed
that the political process in Syria must rest in the hands of the Syrian
people, and the international community should provide room for that,”
Yudhoyono said.
Neither leader mentioned the weapons reportedly being supplied to
Syria by Iran.
Yudhoyono
said the problems in the Middle East, especially the Syrian conflict,
dominated the bilateral talks he had with Ahmadinejad.
Yudhoyono
added that the two leaders deplored the lack of interest among the
international community in helping to bring an end to the conflict in
Syria.
“Whatever the country, they should care, but there are no signs that the conflict will end soon,” he said.
Ahmadinejad
said the Syrian people needed to be the driving force behind achieving
democracy. “Democracy cannot be forced onto them by any other
countries,” Ahmadinejad said.
Meanwhile, Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was also in Bali to attend the forum, said
after a bilateral meeting with Yudhoyono that the violence in Syria
should be halted as soon as possible so as to prevent the deaths of more
civilians.
“Immediately bring a halt to the bloodshed and the fall of civilian victims,” Erdogan said,
Turkey has watched thousands of refugees flood across the Syrian border and into its territory.
“I ask that this conflict end so that there will not be larger waves of refugees,” Erdogan said.
Resource : http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/lawandorder/indonesia-iran-in-agreement-on-syria/555372
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