Jakarta: The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Chargé d'affaires of Germany to Indonesia to seek clarification and to protest on the actions of a Staff of the German Embassy who visited the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) headquarters in Petamburan, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta a few days ago.
In the meeting, the Chargé d'affaires of Germany confirmed the presence of the Embassy’s staff at the organization’s secretariat.
The Chargé d'affaires stated that the presence of the staff at the Secretariat was a personal initiative without the knowledge of the Chargé d'affaires of Germany nor under the instruction from the Embassy.
"The Chargé d'affaires expressed his apologies and regrets for the incident," said the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release on Sunday.
He stressed that the incident does not reflect the policies of the Government and Embassy of Germany.
He firmly denied that the presence of one of the Embassy’s staff was a form of Germany’s support for the FPI.
He stated that the diplomatic staff has been requested to return to Germany immediately to take responsibility for her actions and provide clarification to the Government of Germany.
"The Embassy of Germany firmly expressed the support and commitment of Government of Germany to continue bilateral cooperation with Indonesia in fighting intolerance, radicalism, and hate speech," the Indonesian Ministry stated.
Previously, FPI General Secretary Munarman revealed that a German Embassy staff recently visited the FPI headquarters in Petamburan. He claimed that the person expressed sympathy over deaths of 6 FPI supporters. He also claimed that German Embassy staff discussed about FPI leader Rizieq Shihab's legal case.
Established in 1988, FPI is an Indonesian hardline Islamist organization. Rizieq returned from three years of self-exile in Saudi Arabia last month.
After the return of Rizieq, FPI was involved in several controversial incidents. The organization held several crowd-pulling events in Greater Jakarta area when the covid-19 situation was worsening in the region.
Early this month. Police shot dead six of Rizieq's supporters for allegedly shooting at undercover police officers. Rizieq was recently named as a suspect for violating health protocols
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