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EXPLAINER: Why Indonesia’s leader is visiting Kyiv, Moscow

In this photo released by the Press and Media Bureau of the Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, talks to residents near an apartment building damaged by shelling, during his visit in the town of Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Laily Rachev, Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP) In this photo released by Press and Media Bureau of the Indonesian Presidential Palace, President Joko Widodo, left, boards a train that will take him to Kyiv, Ukraine, at a railway station in Przemysl, Poland on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP) In this photo released by the Press and Media Bureau of the Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, and his wife Iriana, right, talk to the media near an apartment building damaged by shelling, during his visit in the town of Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Laily Rachev, Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP) In this photo released by the Press and Media Bureau of the Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, and his wife Iriana, third left, talk to residents near an apartment building damaged by shelling, during his visit in the town of Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Laily Rachev, Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP) In this photo released by Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, is greeted by his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Widodo, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations, is currently on a tour to Ukraine and Russia for meetings with the leaders of the two warring nations following a visit to Germany to attend the Group of Seven summit. (Laily Rachev, Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP) In this photo released by Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, walks with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Widodo, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations, is currently on a tour to Ukraine and Russia for meetings with the leaders of the two warring nations following a visit to Germany to attend the Group of Seven summit. (Agus Suparto, Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP) In this photo released by Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, shakes hands with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Widodo, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations, is currently on a tour to Ukraine and Russia for meetings with the leaders of the two warring nations following a visit to Germany to attend the Group of Seven summit. (Agus Suparto, Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP) In this photo released by Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, shakes hands with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Widodo, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations, is currently on a tour to Ukraine and Russia for meetings with the leaders of the two warring nations following a visit to Germany to attend the Group of Seven summit. (Agus Suparto, Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP) In this photo released by Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, shakes hands with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Widodo, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations, is currently on a tour to Ukraine and Russia for meetings with the leaders of the two warring nations following a visit to Germany to attend the Group of Seven summit. (Laily Rachev, Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP) In this photo released by Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, shakes hands with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Widodo, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations, is currently on a tour to Ukraine and Russia for meetings with the leaders of the two warring nations following a visit to Germany to attend the Group of Seven summit. (Laily Rachev, Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP)
EXPLAINER: Why Indonesia’s leader is visiting Kyiv, Moscow