Papua New Guinea has now joined Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo and the United States as the “pariah” countries willing to open embassies in West Jerusalem. Israel regards West Jerusalem as its capital and would like to see all diplomatic missions established there. “We’re proposing an additional budget of 60 billion rupiah.”Wiranto was annoyed that seven out of 13 Pacific countries back independence for West Papua. “Indonesia’s associate membership status also as a Melanesian country to the MSG suffices, which cancels out West Papua ULM’s bid,” Marape reportedly said referring to the ULMWP. In a revised statement, Marape said that in an effort to rectify any misinformation and alleviate concerns raised within Melanesian Solidarity Group (MSG) countries, West Papua, Indonesia, and the international community, he had addressed “the inaccuracies”.