Jakarta, Feb. 12 -- Indonesia and Tunisia successfully pushed for a UN Security Council (UNSC) special meeting to hear Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' statement in New York, Feb 11, after announcement of a peace proposal submitted, January 28, 2020.

"We call for this meeting owing to the latest developments in the Middle-East region, which can concern many parties, and affect the stability of the region and other parts of the world," Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani, Indonesia's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York, was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the Indonesian Foreign Ministry here on Wednesday.

The meeting, initiated by Indonesia and Tunisia, was an implementation of the decisions of the Arab L...