Jakarta Globe, Mar 15, 2015
The ISIS logo is displayed on a wall in Grogol, Central Java. (JG Photo/Ali Lutfi) |
Jakarta.
Indonesia and Turkey have agreed to work closely to eradicate religious
extremism, just two days after government officials confirmed that up to 32
Indonesians had been detained in Turkey or gone missing and were suspected of
trying to cross into Syria to join Islamic State (IS) militants.
The two
countries discussed the issue on the sidelines of the United Nations World
Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on Saturday, state-run news agency Antara
reported.
Vice
President Jusuf Kalla, who is representing Indonesia at the summit, met with
Turkish officials where they discussed security operations, the exchange of
information and how to deal with refugees that were displaced by IS in Syria
and Iraq.
“Radicalism
must be overcome together,” Kalla told Antara.
Foreign
Minister Retno Marsudi said this week that 16 Indonesians, most of them women
and children, had been arrested by Turkish authorities.
Sixteen
other Indonesian citizens who went missing from a tour group last week had yet
to be located, though Turkish authorities are yet to confirm if they were still
in Turkey or had crossed into Syria.
National
Police deputy chief Comr. Gen. Badrodin Haiti said the 32 Indonesians were
suspected of trying to join the Islamic State.
Indonesia’s
Anti-Terrorism Agency has estimated that more than 500 Indonesian jihadist have
joined IS.
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