VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

President Jokowi met President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (30/6/2022). The meeting took place in the Kremlin, the office of the President of the Russian Federation.

After holding a bilateral meeting, the leaders of the two countries delivered a press statement. Then what is the content of President Jokowi's full statement?

The following is a complete copy of President Jokowi's statement, as quoted from the official Kremlin website, en.kremlin.ru:

First, I would like to thank President Putin for his remarks in Moscow.

We discussed a few things and there were a few things I talked about during our meetings. First, issues related to peace and humanity have always been a priority for Indonesia's foreign policy. The Indonesian constitution requires Indonesia to always strive to make its own contribution to ensuring peace throughout the world. This is the context of my visit to Kiev and now to Moscow.

Second, as I said in Kiev, even though the current situation is still very difficult, I will still say that it is important to move towards a peaceful settlement and open dialogue. I handed President Zelensky's message to President Putin and said I was ready to help establish contact between the two leaders.

Third, we discuss at length about the importance of food and fertilizer for the world community. Hundreds of millions of people have been affected by logistical disruptions to food supplies, especially in developing countries.

I appreciate that Putin said that Russia guarantees the security of food and fertilizer supplies not only from Russia but also from Ukraine.

Fourth, for the sake of humanity, I support UN efforts to reintegrate Russian food and fertilizer products, and Ukrainian food products into global supply chains. In particular, with respect to supplies from Ukraine by sea, Putin said that he gave guarantees.

Fifth, we took the time to discuss cooperation between Russia and Indonesia not only in investment and trade activities but also in the tourism sector. We will continue this cooperation and will form a [working] group to thoroughly discuss this issue.

In closing, I would like to say that Indonesia has no other interest than the desire for the war to end soon and for the food, fertilizer and energy supply chains to be restored quickly because this affects the lives of hundreds of millions if not millions of people, billions of people.

I call on world leaders to rediscover the spirit of multilateralism, the spirit of peace and cooperation. Only this spirit will enable us to attain peace.

Thank you, Mr. Putin. (RRI)