Indonesia’s Joko Widodo defies West—will visit Moscow later this month

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Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo is set to visit Moscow at the month-end for a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.</p>
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The move is likely to upset western powers which wish to isolate Russia under Putin, after Moscow invaded Ukraine.</p>
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The meeting will take place on June 30, Russia’s Tass news agency reported.</p>
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“This is going to be a very important visit” and the Russian government is “preparing for it now,” Tass news agency said late on Tuesday, citing a Kremlin source.</p>
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The position taken by Indonesia, a major emerging economy, aligns with the stance adopted by the fellow emerging economies of the BRICS, which have taken an independent view of the Russia-Ukraine war.</p>
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In contrast, the G-7 countries that include the most powerful western countries and Japan have been openly hostile to Russia. They have been arming Ukraine in the war that began in February this year.</p>
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Positioning for a possible role for mediation, Indonesia has invited the Russian President and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for G-20 talks that will be held in November in Bali.</p>
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