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G20 host Indonesia urges Zelenskiy, Putin to 'forge peace'

FILE PHOTO: Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo speaks during the 10th Indonesia - Malaysia - Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) Summit as part of the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in metropolitan Manila, Philippines April 29, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron Favila/Pool

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said on Friday he had turned down a request for arms from Ukraine's leader and urged him and his Russian counterpart to end the war in Ukraine.

Indonesia is currently chairing the Group of 20 (G20) major economies and has invited both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin to the leaders summit in November, despite pressure from some Western countries to exclude the latter.

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