Widodo delivers Zelensky's message to Putin

MOSCOW. July 1 (Interfax) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said he has passed on a message from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"I delivered President Zelensky's message to President Putin and expressed my readiness to establish communication between the two leaders," Widodo said following Russian-Indonesian talks on Thursday.

He noted that peace issues have always been a priority for Indonesia's foreign policy.

"In this context, I visited Kyiv and I am now in Moscow," Widodo said.

It is important to promote a peaceful settlement and open a dialogue between Russia and Ukraine, he said.

For his part, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said he did not know the content of the message.

"I don't know what the message is about yet," Peskov told reporters who asked him about the content of the message immediately after Widodo's statement.