The news emerged from a Russian media report TASS on June 14 last.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not been able to comment much on the news that President Jokowi will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. The news emerged from a Russian media report TASS on June 14 last.
"I cannot confirm the news," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah when contacted, Saturday, June 18 2022.
News of the meeting of the two heads of state was blown by the Russian media TASS. They reported that Putin would meet his Indonesian counterpart, Jokowi, in Moscow on June 30. This was revealed by a Kremlin source aka the Russian government to TASS.
"This will be a very important visit. We are preparing for it now," the source said.
Indonesia is an important partner, with which Russia has maintained intensive political and economic ties, the Kremlin source said. He also mentioned that this year Indonesia also holds the rotating presidency of the Group of 20 and will host the G20 Summit. Jokowi has also invited Vladimir Putin to participate.
"The Russian delegation will definitely leave, but in what format will be decided later. The summit will take place on November 15-16, there is plenty of time, we'll see," the source said.
Indonesia will indeed invite Putin as a G20 member country to the G20 summit in Bali, November 2022, despite the refusal of other G20 member countries, such as the United States, due to the effects of the Ukraine War. (tass, tempo)
