AACC 2015,
Bandung – ndonesian President Joko Widodo, Chinese President Xi Jinping and
King of Swaziland Mswati III symbolically signed the Bandung Message in the
Merdeka Building in Bandung, West Java, on Friday.
The Bandung
Message is one of three documents produced in the meetings held as part of the
60th anniversary celebrations of the Asian-African Conference (AAC).
The three
documents are the Bandung Message, the Strengthening of the New Asian-African
Strategic Partnership (NAASP) which contains an implementation framework and
follow-up of the Bandung Message, and the Declaration of Palestine.
Foreign
Affairs Ministry spokesman Armanatha Nasir has said China and Swaziland were
selected to sign the Bandung Message along with Indonesia, based on particular
consideration.
Nasir noted
that China was selected to represent Asia to sign the document because it is a
large and advanced country, while Swaziland was chosen to represent Africa
because it is among the stable countries in the continent.
Besides the
Bandung Message, the AAC also declared the document on the NAASP, and on the
Declaration of Palestine which contains eight points, namely support for
Palestinian independence, appreciation
of Palestine’s struggle and tenacity,
promotion of the two-state solution,
condemnation of Israel’s occupation,
condemnation of Israeli attacks,
support for the reconstruction of Gaza,
encouraging the realization of Palestine’s application for membership to
the United Nations, and pushing Asian
and African countries that have yet to recognize Palesine as a country to do
so. (Bambang Purwanto)
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