President Putin Calls President Jokowi: Russia Assessment Of The Constructive And Depolitized Indonesian Presidency

President Joko Widodo and President Vladimir Putin. (Source: Kremlin.ru)

JAKARTA - Russian President Vladimir Putin again held a telephone conversation with Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), the third since last May.

Launching the official website of the Kremlin, the issue of the upcoming G20 Summit on November 15-16 in Bali was discussed by the two leaders in this discussion.

"The Russian side really appreciates the constructive work and depolitization of Indonesia's G20 Presidential Regulation on topical issues such as strengthening energy and food security, implementing balanced energy transitions and digital transformation of the global economy, and improving the health care system," the Kremlin said as quoted on November 2.

It is said that President Joko Widodo's consistent position personally in promoting a unifying agenda in the G20 is also a concern.

In the context of ensuring global food safety, President Vladimir Putin outlined Russia's fundamental approach to implementing an Istanbul package agreement on the export of Ukraine's wheat from the port of the Black Sea, unblocking the exports of Russian agricultural products and fertilizers to the world market.

"President Putin informed about the developing situation as a result of the use of marine humanitarian corridors by the Kyiv regime, for sabotage of the infrastructure and the Black Sea Fleet ship in Sevastopol," the Kremlin said.

"After receiving the necessary guarantees from the Ukrainian side that humanitarian routes will not be used for military purposes, Russia continues to implement the "grain agreement", the Kremlin continued.

On that occasion, President Jokowi supported the Russian side's willingness to provide large quantities of wheat to the poorest countries for free as humanitarian assistance.

The Kremlin added that the two leaders also discussed follow-up to the agreements reached during the visit of the President of Indonesia to Russia in June 2022.

Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President Joko Widodo on Wednesday.

"There is an international phone today, we are working on a statement. That's a call with Indonesian President Joko Widodo," he said, launching TASS on November 2.

It is known, prior to today's talks, the two leaders held telephone talks in May and August.