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Jokowi to visit Ukraine under tight security
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President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (Biro Pers Sekretariat Presiden/-)
P
resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was on a train bound for Kyiv on Tuesday evening, nearing an active war zone under high security, as he seeks to broker peace talks between Russia and Ukraine amid an escalation of violence in the beleaguered country – including the capital.
Jokowi is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Wednesday and hold a similar meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday to seek an end to the Russo-Ukrainian war after attending the Group of Seven Summit in Germany, which ended on Tuesday.
The President flew from Germany to Poland on the same day before embarking on a 12-hour train ride to Kyiv, according to an Instagram post by Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung.
Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi has said that Jokowi is seeking to find a prompt solution to global food and energy crises, stressing that food and fertilizer products from Russia and Ukraine need to be "reintegrated into the global market, despite the war".
Bey Machmudin, the Presidential Secretariat’s deputy for protocol, press and the media, said the planned visit had been organized carefully by the Presidential Security Detail (Paspampres).
"For the visits to Ukraine and Russia, Paspampres certainly has conducted exercises and coordinated with local security," Bey told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
Separately, Paspampres commander Maj. Gen. Tri Budi Utomo said his team had gone through various security scenarios and had developed strategies to manage them to ensure Jokowi's safety.
