United Nations: Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto started and ended his speech by including Sanskrit greetings while calling for harmony of all religions.

Starting his speech at the General Assembly on Tuesday, he included, in greeting the world leaders, “Om Swastiastu”, which is used in his country’s Hindu-majority island of Bali and is translated as “May you be blessed and protected”.

And ended his speech by including, “Om Shanti Shanti, Shanti Om”, along with invocations from other religions.

“Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, all religions we must live as one human family,” he said.

“Indonesia is committed to being part of making this vision a reality. Is this a dream? Maybe, but this is the beautiful dream that we must work together towards,” he added.

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