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Indonesian president due to meet Putin this month
Russian's Tass news agency reported that Indonesian President Joko Widodo will visit Moscow for a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on June 30.
It reported late Tuesday in a dispatch from Moscow, quoting a Kremlin source: "This is going to be a very important visit" and the Russian government is "preparing for it now."
The report did not provide details, but the visit may be linked to a Group of 20 (G-20) summit that the Indonesian president, popularly known as Jokowi, will host Nov 15 to 16 on the resort island of Bali.
The Bangkokpost said that Indonesia has invited Putin, as well as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the summit despite the war-hit Eastern European country not being a member of the G-20. Both leaders have confirmed their attendance.
When asked about the Tass report, the Indonesian presidential office said, "There has been no information about that."
Some G-20 members have been trying to block Russia's participation in the group following its military aggression in Ukraine.
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Of the G-20 members, those belonging to the Group of Seven (G-7) nations have imposed a slew of sanctions to isolate Russia from the global financial system, including freezing the assets of its central bank and excluding some major Russian lenders from a key international payment network.
In contrast, Brazil, China, India and South Africa, which along with Russia form the BRICS forum, have supported Moscow's participation in G-20 gatherings.
Including the G-7 -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States plus the European Union -- the G-20 groups Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea and Turkey.
Source: bangkokpost
