Indonesia ready to help Islamic countries at odds to reconcile

<p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p>Jakarta,<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> NU Online</span></span><br>The Indonesian government is ready to reconcile Islamic countries currently involved in conflicts among themselves, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said here on Tuesday. </p><p>"Indonesia will always be ready to become a part of peacemaking efforts through the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) summit," he said.<br><br>The Indonesian vice president will depart for Turkey on Wednesday to attend the 13th Summit of the OIC in Istanbul, the capital city of Turkey.<br><br>He said Indonesia would come as a peacemaker to the conference. "It is about how to make countries involved in conflicts to reconcile with each other. That is our mission," he said.<br><br>Kalla explained that one of the causes of conflicts in the Middle East was invasion by big countries, including Western countries.<br><br>"I read today that (US President Barrack) Obama offered an apology with regard to US attacks on Libya," he said.<br><br>Jusuf Kalla earlier met Saudi Arabias ambassador to Indonesia, Mustafa bin Ibrahim Al Mubarak. "We discussed economic relations between Indonesia and Saudi Arabia," he said. <span style="font-weight: bold;">(Masdar)</span><br></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>

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