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Guterres honours Indonesian troops who paid ‘ultimate sacrifice’

UN News19 October 2026, 12:00 UTCLebanon

UN Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to Indonesian peacekeepers on Monday, laying a wreath in honour of four who recently lost their lives in Lebanon and offering a robust defence of UN peacekeeping in what he called “testing times for peace”.

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