Jakarta, Feb. 5 -- Indonesia's Deputy Foreign Minister Arif Havas Oegroseno said a national committee under the Gaza Board of Peace will be staffed by Palestinian technocrats and serve as the body implementing the board's programmes and activities.

Speaking at the presidential palace in Jakarta on Wednesday night, he briefed reporters after President Prabowo Subianto met former foreign ministers, practitioners and international relations experts.

Arif said the committee would act as the executive arm of the Board of Peace, operating independently of political factions and tasked with carrying out agreed initiatives under the Gaza peace framework.

"The Board of Peace will have an executive body, a national committee filled by Palestinia...