JAKARTA – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have been invited to the G20 summit in November.

"Indonesia is ready to contribute to the peace endeavour," Widodo said in a virtual press conference."Indonesia wants to bring the G20 together. Do not allow a schism to occur. The cornerstones to global economic progress are peace and stability." He said that the G20 plays a catalytic role in the global economy's revival, and that he had phone conversations with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine this week.

In a phone discussion on Thursday, Widodo and Putin discussed issues of Russian-Indonesian collaboration as well as various aspects of G20 events.

In a conversation with Zelensky on Wednesday, Widodo declined the Ukrainian President's request for guns, adding that Indonesia is prepared to deliver humanitarian aid.

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