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Jakarta 'did not pledge R17bn'
The Citizen
|March 24, 2026
Indonesia’s president, under fire at home for signing up to US counterpart Donald Trump's so-called Board of Peace, has insisted his country would not pay the $1 billion (about R17 billion) joining fee for permanent membership.
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Jakarta had only committed peacekeeping troops for the initiative, Prabowo Subianto said on Sunday.
This story is from the March 24, 2026 edition of The Citizen.
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