Jakarta, April 19 -- Indonesia's Foreign Ministry has slammed the United States' veto of a proposed United Nations (UN) resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine as a betrayal of the common aspiration for long-lasting peace in the Middle East.

"Indonesia deeply regrets another failure by the UN Security Council (UNSC) to adopt a resolution on the full UN membership of the State of Palestine due to a veto cast by one of its permanent members," the ministry said via social media on Friday.

Indonesia reiterated its full support for Palestine's UN membership, which would give the country a deserved seat among nations and equal standing in the peace process toward the realization of the two-state solution, the ministry added.

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