Indonesia maintains a neutral foreign policy, refusing to take sides in the Ukraine conflict or in the competition between Washington and Beijing, but Prabowo has touted stronger relations with Moscow.

Prabowo will visit Russia from June 18-20 to hold talks with Putin and attend an economic forum in Saint Petersburg, where he will deliver a speech, an earlier statement from the foreign ministry said.

Earlier this week, Prabowo visited Singapore to attend a leaders' retreat, where he will meet the country's prime minister and president, before flying to Russia

Prabowo visited Putin in Moscow last year before being inaugurated as the new president in October, calling Russia a "great friend".

The two nations held their first joint naval drills on Java island in November and Prabowo later hosted top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu for talks in the capital Jakarta.

Jakarta has billion-dollar trade ties with Moscow, yet major arms imports have stalled in recent years after Russia seized Crimea in 2014 and launched its full-scale military offensive on Ukraine in 2022.

However, since becoming defence minister in 2019, Prabowo has kept alive a $1.1 billion Russian fighter jet deal agreed a year earlier, despite the reported threat of US sanctions.

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