Jakarta, March 6 -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have had a phone call discussing their plans to travel to Tehran, Iran, to help de-escalate tensions in the Middle East amid US-Israel attacks on Iran.

Jimly Asshiddiqie, Chief Advisor at the Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI), said President Prabowo revealed the telephoned discussion during a gathering with Islamic clerics and scholars at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, on Thursday night (March 5).

"He (the president) said he had spoken with the prime minister of Pakistan in a phone call before this meeting," Asshiddiqie told the media after attending the meeting.

He added that President Prabowo confirmed the Pakista...