President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will visit the capitals of Ukraine and Russia after attending a multilateral summit in Germany next week, Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi announced on Wednesday, in the hope of bringing an end to an ongoing war that has had global economic repercussions.

Jokowi has accepted an invitation from Germany to attend a meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized economies in the Bavarian Alps from June 26-28.

From there the President is expected to continue his journey to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and Moscow, Retno said, although she did not disclose the exact dates.

“Visits to these two countries will be carried out during abnormal circumstances. We understand that the current situation is still very complicated and the world understands the complexity of the existing problem,” she told reporters in an online press briefing.

One ministry official said afterward that setting up the visits was a “delicate” process, but Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD was quoted by state media as saying that the President would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 30.

In Kyiv, Jokowi would meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the minister explained.

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