REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Indonesia would soon send its observers to Syria the Presidential Spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha said on Monday. The move is taken after Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marty Natalegawa, 

“Ban Ki Moon needs advanced observer from international community, including Indonesia. Indonesian observers are considered competent,” Pasha said.

Indonesian government welcomes the request and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) also directs the Minister to support and prepare the team. “He emphasizes that the cease-fire in Syria can be effective,” he said.

Ban Ki Moon also asked other countries to become the observers, especially those joined in UN’s mission. The observers are sent to monitor the fragile ceasefire.

The first observers are starting to work in Syria soon. More observers are expected to arrive on Monday. By the end of the week, the numbers will be 30 personnel.

Under the six-point peace plan put forward by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, the government in Damascus should have withdrawn its forces from cities by 10 April. The ceasefire came into effect last Thursday. Yet, violence has continued despite the truce. The Syrian government said terrorist groups had intensified their criminal attacks since the truce began. 

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