Putin Agrees to Restore Sea Route for Ukraine’s Food Exports: Indonesian President

Indonesian president elect Joko Widodo (C) answers questions from the media in Jakarta on July 23, 2014 as Widodo returns to work after the General Elections Commission declared him the winner of the presidential elections. The ex-general who lost Indonesia's presidential election to Joko Widodo will challenge the result in court, his campaign team said, a move that could spell weeks of uncertainty for the country. Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has agreed to open a sea route for Ukraine’s food exports, the Indonesian President said on Friday, in a move to sustain the food supply chain amid Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo met with Putin in Moscow just a day after meeting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on June 29, as he offered to become “a communication bridge” between the two leaders.