Indonesia’s former President Megawati Sukarnoputri on the 18th called for the Asia-Africa Conference, known as the Bandung Conference, to be convened again so countries can renew solidarity, marking the 71st anniversary of the meeting that helped lay the foundations of the Non-Aligned Movement. Referring to U.S. attacks on Venezuela and Iran, she said “the international order is being shaken.”
She said rising geopolitical tensions are “a wake-up call to the world,” and argued that countries should return to the principle of equality among nations set out in the “10 Principles of Bandung.”
The Bandung Conference was held in April 1955 in Bandung, West Java, with 29 countries taking part. A joint statement issued afterward set out principles including respect for national sovereignty, noninterference in internal affairs and equality among states.
Megawati is the eldest daughter of Sukarno, Indonesia’s first president and a “father of the nation.” She is chair of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), the largest party in parliament.
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