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Kateram and Stanley Widianto
Jakarta — Indonesian President Joko Widodo, chair of a group of 20 (G20) countries, rekindles peace talks with Russia and Ukraine I urge you. And when he visits Moscow and Kib in the next few days, he seeks a way to free grain exports to the world market.
President Widodo, well known as Jokowi, has been appointed as the "champion" of the Global Crisis Response Group (GCRG) formed to address the threat of an "unprecedented wave of hunger." He is one of the six world leaders of the United Nations. And poverty due to the war in Ukraine. "
"We need to stop the war and revitalize the world's food supply chain," Jokowi said before leaving Jakarta for a group of seven industrialized nations in Germany. Said to attend a meeting with the leader.
In an interview with CNBC on June 22, Mr. Jokowi said that the Ukrainian conflict has caused inflation in many countries, causing food and energy shortages and rising food and energy prices. He said he promised to work.
Russian and Ukrainian food and fertilizer products "needed to be reintegrated into the global market despite the war," Indonesia's foreign minister, Retno Marsudi, said on Sunday.
"We need to secure a grain corridor from Ukraine and open up food and fertilizer exports from Russia."
Before the war, Ukraine was one of Indonesia's largest wheat suppliers. It was one.
After the G7 meeting, Jokowi travels to Kieu to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and then to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimirputin. Indonesian leaders said they would urge Putin to agree to a ceasefire.
The Indonesian State Capitol has not announced Jokowi's schedule, but Russian state media has announced that he will visit Moscow on Thursday.
As chair of this year, Jokowi will host the G20 Summit in Bali in November. In some countries, the attendance of President Putin threatens the boycott, and Indonesia has invited Ukraine to a summit, although not a member of the G20, to ease tensions.
"The first step is to get confirmation from the two leaders to attend the G20 meeting in Bali," said former diplomat and Indonesian ambassador from 2016 to 2020. Wahid Spriadi said.
Jokowi enjoys a "very good" relationship with Putin, Supriadi said, and Indonesia could even host the first dialogue between the two countries.
"It's not easy, but it's not impossible," he said.
Jokowi, who turned from a former businessman to a politician and has a second and final term, is more active in diplomacy, including regional efforts to bring peace to Myanmar after last year's coup. Played a role.
Benbrand, director of Chatham House's Asia-Pacific program, said Indonesia's chances of finding common ground between Russian and Ukrainian leaders were "very small."
"But Indonesia, one of the world's largest developing countries and a friendly partner of Russia and Ukraine, is an important voice on the world stage."
Indonesia carries out what is described as an "independent and positive" non-allied diplomatic policy. This means trying to stay neutral.
And it belongs to a small group of countries, including Israel and India, which have close ties to the United States but also talk to Russia.
"If you want to challenge some kind of peaceful negotiations and reconciliation, that's the type of country that helps," said Derek Grossman, senior defense analyst at Rand Corporation. Expectations for Jokowi to move forward during his next trip. (Report by Kate Lamb of Sydney and Stanley Widianto of Jakarta, edited by Ed Davis and Simon Cameron Moore)
