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KABUL: The Afghan government is pursuing Indonesia’s support
to attain gender equality and sustainable peace in the country. “Quality and
effectiveness are indicators of sustainability. When you get quality assistance,
nothing can destroy it,” Afghan Minister of Information and Culture Hasina Safi
remarked during the opening of Dialogue of the Role of Women in Building
and Sustaining Peace: Women as Agent of Peace and Prosperity in Jakarta on
Friday.
Safi noted that Afghanistan held in high regard Indonesia’s commitment to
building sustainable peace in the country plagued by wars and conflicts since
the past four decades.
However, currently, the Afghan people, especially women, require concrete
cooperation that can be implemented by all sides, ranging from experts to the
grassroots level, in a way that they can contribute to sustainable development
and peace, she explained.
The effort must be based on local resources, so that the Afghan community will
not continue to depend on international aid, she stated.
“We realize that the world will not help Afghanistan continuously. We must
think of ways to become self-reliant,” she pointed out.
“We must prepare a wooden pen for ourselves rather than expect a golden
pen from other people,” she emphasized.
Hence, she is upbeat that the dialog, held through cooperation with Indonesia,
would lead to steps that can be linked to the policies and laws of Afghanistan.
In the meantime, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi highlighted the
significance of upholding and boosting the culture of peace and tolerance. From
Indonesia’s point of view, the culture of peace is an integral approach to
thwarting violence and conflicts.
