ASEAN chair condemns Israeli Aggression in Lebanon
NU Online · Selasa, 25 Juli 2006 | 05:07 WIB
Kuala Lumpur, NU Online
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi accused Israel on Tuesday (25/7) of excessive military reprisals in Lebanon and urged his Southeast Asian neighbors to take a tougher stand against the Jewish state.
The moderate-Muslim leader, who shows a friendly face to the West and routinely condemns militant extremism, urged foreign ministers from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to be blunt about Israel’s offensive.
<>“The latest developments in the Middle East are gravely threatening international peace and security,” Abdullah said in an opening address to the ASEAN meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
“I feel that we in ASEAN must make our voices heard, loudly and clearly, that we cannot continue tolerating the subjugation and repression of the Palestinian people by Israel.”
At least 378 people in Lebanon and 41 Israelis have died in the war, ignited by Hizbollah’s capture of two Israeli troops on July 12. Most of the dead are civilians and Lebanon says
almost a fifth of its population has been displaced by Israeli bombing.
ASEAN ministers called in a statement late on Monday for an immediate U.N.-supervised ceasefire in southern Lebanon and accused Israel of excessive, indiscriminate force.
But Malaysia’s premier, who is due to host U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice later this week for ASEAN-sponsored global security talks, went further in his opening speech.
“We should not tolerate Israel’s excessive military reprisals against Lebanon,” Abdullah said, calling for U.N. peacekeepers to be sent into southern Lebanon to prevent an
Israeli invasion. (reu/dar)
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