JAKARTA: Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto said on July 31 that South Korean President Lee Jae Myung had asked whether he could visit North Korea to open a dialogue, adding that he would be willing to go.
Prabowo was speaking during a meeting with the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce.
As Prabowo spoke about Indonesia’s pursuit of equally good relations with all countries, including China and the United States, he referred to the request made during his visit to Seoul in April.
“During my last visit to South Korea, their President asked me if I could visit North Korea to open some kind of a dialogue. I told him, ‘With all due respect and willingness, if you asked me to, I would go’,” he said.
“Indonesia is seen as having no interest in meddling in other countries’ domestic affairs. We hold firm to that,” he said.
In response, Lee’s office said South Korea believed Indonesia and other countries with friendly ties to both Seoul and Pyongyang could play a constructive role in helping foster peaceful coexistence on the Korean Peninsula, and that it had continued to explore ways to cooperate with them.
Indonesia has traditionally pursued a non-aligned foreign policy.
