Jakarta, June 20 -- Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander General Agus Subiyanto has prepared 34 crisis response team personnel for the evacuation mission of Indonesian citizens in Iran and Israel, a TNI spokesperson stated.

The team personnel remain on standby in Jakarta and are ready for deployment if required, Head of the TNI Headquarters' Information Center Maj. Gen. Kristomei Sianturi, noted in a statement issued on Thursday.

However, Sianturi stated that he could not yet provide details about when or where the team personnel would be deployed for the evacuation mission, given the ongoing escalation of the Iran-Israel conflict.

"For the TNI, protecting Indonesian citizens within and outside the country is part of constitutional duti...