JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A highly respected Indonesian veteran diplomat concluded that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had failed his peace mission in Moscow last week.
The influential and popular diplomat had given the President a 10-point recommendation just before the latter left for Kyiv and Moscow. On the surface, the President's shuttle diplomacy did not offer a breakthrough, let alone progress, in the efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war because the problem is too complicated to overcome by an individual in a short time. But I believe Jokowi will pursue peace no matter what.
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