The logical position that each country is responsible and will defend its own national interests. So friends means friends, try to work together, try to help each other
Jakarta (Antara) – Indonesian President Pabowo Subianto stated that friends or establishing good relations with other countries does not mean sacrificing national interests that he has delivered on the International Economic Forum of St. Petersburg (Spief) 2025, Russia, Friday (6/20) afternoon local time.
In the Spief 2025 question and answer session, Pabowo gave the explanation in response to the Moderator about Russia who did not admit when his friend, Iran, received an attack from Israel.
“The logical position that every country is responsible and will defend its own national interests. So friends means friends, try to work together, try to help each other,” said the president who answered the question, as in online shows via the YouTube report of the presidential secretariat that is witnessed in Jakarta on Saturday morning.
President Pabowo explained that the role of a country that is good friends with other countries is to try each other, to work together and help.
But on the other hand, the country also has national interests and responsibilities for its own people, not by sacrificing its national interests.
According to Prabowo, the position of Indonesia is as a friend to continue to defend and protect its national interests.
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“But friends do not mean that every country has to sacrifice its national interests in the national interests of other countries. So it will be the decision of each country to defend and protect its national interests. That is my position,” the president said.
The tension between Iran and Israel has increased since Friday (6/13) when Israel launched air strikes at a number of locations in Iran, including military and nuclear facilities.
The Israeli attack caused Tehran to launch a counterattack on a number of points in the country on the same day.
The Israeli authorities said at least 24 people were killed and hundreds of others were injured in an Iranian counterattack. In the meantime, 639 people were killed and more than 1,300 other people were injured in Iran, the impact of Israeli attacks, according to Iran’s media.
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Reporter: Mentari DWI Gayati/Genta Tenri Mawangi
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