REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Al-Azhar 1 Senior High School, South Jakarta, on Thursday. He had a discussion with some students and teachers in Tony Blair Foundation's Face to Faith Program.

Tony Blair, who is the patron of the Tony Blair Foundation, stated that the Face to Faith Program is a platform for information sharing and discussion by connecting students and teachers from several countries around the world.

"The program brings together young people from different places across the world. The purpose actually is to educate young people from an early age to understand and get along with each other," Blair said.

The aim of the program was to show that the idea of mutual respect across the boundaries of faith should be taken seriously by every country and by every government.

"It should be a commitment of each one of us as global citizens today," he said.

Through the program, the governments around the world were expected to ensure their youngsters understand differences and learn from those differences as well as live with those differences.

"Because that is the best way to create a harmonious world," Blair said. "If one does not understand diversity as a strength, then one will view diversity as a danger."

Blair appreciated Indonesia, as it was the country with the largest Muslim population and had a national motto, Unity in Diversity, which emphasizes that strength comes from diversity and unity across the boundaries of faith. "So, Indonesia is a perfect place for this program to work," he said.

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