Jakarta, May 23 -- Minister of Culture Fadli Zon stressed the importance of leveraging culture as a form of soft power to promote peace and to end cultural genocide in Palestine.

"Through strategic diplomacy, promotion, and cooperation, we can utilize the power of culture to build peace, dialogue, and collaboration at the bilateral, regional, and multilateral levels," he noted in a statement on Friday.

Zon remarked that international forums, such as UNESCO, and all relevant stakeholders, can also help to promote peace, equality, justice, and security, as well as end cultural genocide in Palestine.

Zon also conveyed the message of unity and solidarity in remembrance of the humanitarian tragedy that began 77 years ago, known as the Nakba...