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<p>Indonesia&rsquo;s president says the war in Ukraine must end as it&rsquo;s driving up food and energy prices and putting&nbsp;developing nations like Indonesia at risk.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The most important thing that I&rsquo;m concerned with is the food price. So, we want the war in Ukraine to be stopped, resolved with negotiation so that we can concentrate [on] the economy,&rdquo; President Joko Widodo told CNBC in an exclusive interview in Serang city in Banten province on Friday.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>&ldquo;If not, it will never be over, this is dangerous for countries, particularly, developing countries.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Jokowi, as he&rsquo;s popularly referred to back home,&nbsp;said the war should be resolved through negotiation and dialogue.</p>
<p>The Indonesian leader is attending the meeting of the <a href="https://www.g7germany.de/g7-en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Group of 7 advanced economies</a> at the invitation of host country Germany from June 26-28. Russian news agency <a href="https://tass.com/politics/1464699?utm_source=google.com&amp;amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;amp;utm_campaign=google.com&amp;amp;utm_referrer=google.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tass reported last week </a>that Jokowi will be meeting President Vladimir Putin on June 30.</p>
<p>&ldquo;After G-7, I will visit several countries that are related [to the] food issue,&rdquo;&nbsp;he told told CNBC&rsquo;s Martin Soong. Jokowi declined to confirm if he was visiting Russia or Ukraine, which are among the world&rsquo;s largest producers and exporters of food grain.&nbsp;</p>
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