Jakarta, March 6 -- President Prabowo Subianto received backing from several Middle Eastern and other Islamic countries for Indonesia's initiative to mediate and ease tensions between the United States and Iran.

Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning, Nusron Wahid, stated that President Prabowo aims to create a meeting between the two parties to encourage a diplomatic resolution to the conflict.

"The president wants a meeting between the United States and Iran to mediate, and for Iran to open up," he said when met at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Thursday evening (March 5).

According to Wahid, the diplomatic steps initiated by Prabowo have received support from several leaders in the Middle East and other Islamic...