Vladimir Putin met indonesian president
"We have not put any restrictions on the export of fertilisers, nor on the export of food products," Putin said as he welcomed Indonesian leader Joko Widodo, whose country holds the G20 presidency, to the Kremlin.
President Vladimir Putin denied that Russia bore any responsibility for a looming global food crisis due to the conflict in Ukraine.
Ukraine, a major exporter of grain, especially corn and wheat, has seen its production blocked by Moscow's military offensive.
Putin blamed Western sanctions imposed on Russia. He said that by targeting the owners of fertiliser companies, Western sanctions have "created conditions that made it much more difficult" to deliver certain products internationally.
For its part, Russia, another grain-producing power, cannot sell its crops and fertilisers because of Western sanctions affecting the financial and logistics sectors.
"I conveyed President Zelensky's message to President Putin," Widodo said after talks with the Kremlin chief in comments translated into Russian.
The Kremlin announced this week that it had "responded positively" to the invitation to the G20 summit to be held in Bali, Indonesia, in November, suggesting that Putin would attend in person.
Western countries, led by the United States, are putting pressure on Indonesia to exclude Russia from the meeting, to which Ukraine has also been invited as a guest country.
