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Indonesia invites Putin and Zelensky to G20

Indonesian President Joko Widodo makes a statement on Friday at the presidential palace in Bogor, where he invited the leaders of both Russia and Ukraine to the G20 summit on Bali later this year. (Presidential Palace Handout Photo via AFP)

JAKARTA: Indonesian 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 Zelensky 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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