The Indonesian government has sent representatives to Amman, Jordan, which shares a border with Israel, to pick up any Indonesian nationals released from detention by the Israeli government following the Israeli attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
“The government representatives have been on stand-by there since 9 p.m. Tuesday local time,” Teguh Wardoyo, the Foreign Ministry's director for justice and protection for Indonesian nationals, said as quoted by tempointeraktif.com Wednesday.
Teguh said the Israeli government had released 120 volunteers, but none of them had arrived at the border
“If there are any Indonesians [in the group], we will take them to the Indonesian Embassy in Amman,” he said.
There is still no clear information as to the fate of the 12 Indonesian volunteers, except that they are believed to be alive and all but one are reported to be in Israeli detention.
The Indonesian volunteers joined the Freedom Flotilla, comprising volunteers from 50 countries. They were on the Turkish passenger vessel Mavi Marmara that left from Cyprus headed for Gaza, when Israeli commandos attacked early Monday.
Indonesia Govt ready to pick up RI volunteers at Israel border: FM official
Source: thejakartapost.com The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 06/02/2010
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