REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Indonesian government will host an Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting on Peacekeeping in Jakarta on July 27 and 28.

"The Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting on Peacekeeping is part of Indonesia's policies on foreign politics to play an active role in maintaining world peace," Andi Rahmiyanto, the director of International Security and Disarmament of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, said here on Thursday.

The increasing demand for personnel for the UN's peacekeeping mission will be discussed in the conference.

"In the last two decades, the UN's peacekeeping operations have been facing multidimensional challenges. On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the United States urged countries to contribute more forces for the peacekeeping mission," he pointed out.