President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said today that US President Joe Biden did not explicitly respond to Indonesia's call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

The two leaders held a meeting at the White House in Washington on Nov 13, ahead of their participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in San Francisco, California.

"On those two occasions, I directly emphasised the urgency of an immediate ceasefire to end the atrocities occurring in Gaza," he said after...