ASEAN’s consistent support for Palestine

Foreign Minister Sugiono (center) looks on during the plenary session of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ meeting and related meetings at the Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on July 9. (AFP/Mohd Rasfan)

By: Dr. Teguh Santosa, lecturer on international relations at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

THE suffering of the Palestinian nation is still one of the most crucial issues in international politics and touches the core of universal human value. The Palestinian people are experiencing untold suffering due to the occupation and brutality of the Zionist army, armed by the United States, as well as oppressive economic privation, while the world is still looking for a fair and lasting solution.

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