Jakarta, Feb. 27 -- Indonesia should optimize its position as the largest economy among Muslim-majority countries to lead the Muslim world, which is expecting it to take on the role, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Anis Matta.

While sending off an Indonesian humanitarian team to Palestine here on Thursday, he emphasized that Indonesia can assume this role by assisting other nations.

"To lead is to give, and one of the instruments of diplomacy that the Foreign Ministry is employing is humanitarian diplomacy," the deputy minister said.

The Foreign Ministry has started coordinating humanitarian efforts with non-governmental organizations, such as the Dompet Dhuafa Foundation, which put together the Palestine humanitarian team, he sai...