is on saturday, is d w coming up a news asia look at why the president of president of indonesia wants to mediate between russia and ukraine, now or the 5th month of the war. and we visited an indonesian school that's working to return dignity and happiness to people shunned by the rest of society. gerald read have so stories audible, and d w news, asia in just a moment and i'll be back but top of the hour with more well have a good day. hello guys. this is the 77 percent the platform with sure i did. you know this channel we're not afraid to.

young people clearly have the solution. the future, you know, the 77 percent every weekend on d, w. a. b a c, w, news, asia coming up today. can indonesia help end rushes war in ukraine? the conflict is overshadowing g. 20 foreign minister talks happening in bali dies after president joe redondo visited by to russia, and ukraine will focus on why the conflict matters to indonesia and se asia

class will visit one is la mic boarding school that's taking in. people struggling with addictions and poor mental health, and helping to restore their dignity. ah, am jared raid, welcome to the show. thanks for your company. rushes invasion of ukraine is said to dominate a meeting of g 20 foreign ministers. the group of rich and developing nations have begun their talks on the indonesian island of bali. the countries involved are ones likely to feel the effects of food and energy crisis that the war is sitting off, russian prime minister. so guy lever of opened his visit by holding talks with his chinese counterpart wang ye, wang is also expected to meet face to face with us secretary of state antony, blinking. us china. tensions remain high over taiwan and trade disputes. china has

also refused to condemn russia's invasion of ukraine, while the us is sending military gear and other assistance to bolster keith's war effort. amid the tensions indonesian president, junko widowed r has been trying to mediate last week, he visited by russia and ukraine in what he described as a peace mission. his more on indonesia unique stance on the war in ukraine. ciocca widow has sought to maintain good relations with both russia and ukraine. indonesia is what vladimir putin calls a friendly nation for moscow. unlike any of the western powers, remote, both widow has refused to give in to western pressure to exclude vladimir putin from the summit of d. 20 leaders in november. his visit to moscow and key of last week, reflected a delicate balancing act smuggle man items. as i'm bigger, what i said in key,

if i repeat here though, the current situation is still hard, whom we must keep opening more room for dialogue. i have conveyed a message from president zalinski to president putin, and i express my readiness to become a communication bridge between the 2 leaders. sherlock throws beside the booker, the contents of that message from zalinski was not laid. public widow was the 1st asian leader to visit here since the war began. he invited president lensky to attend the g 20 liter summit in november, even though ukraine is not part of the group. widow has expressed sympathy with ukrainians over the war and said the countries territorial integrity must be respected. prior to the meeting, he told the key of suburb of epin to witness the devastation 1st. hand. in an easier is sending humanitarian aid to ukraine. but as declined to provide weapons

for use against russian forces, widow came fresh from an international summit in germany, where he was able to compare notes with western leaders and meet with those who have previously sought to persuade vladimir putin to end the war. indonesia has had success in the past, in mediating, in regional conflicts in asia. but would odo says he has no illusions about the complexity of the russia ukraine war. and, and reminder of those complexities. zalinski hinted, he would only attend the g 20 summit if putin is not there. but the kremlin says, put in has already confirmed his attendance. let's go to jakarta now and speak with lena alexandra, head of the international relations department at the center for strategic and international studies. welcome to d. w. use asia. you were quoted this week in malaysia's, the star newspaper as saying that show co windows trip to ukraine. was not at peace if it so why did he go?

well, basically, i think we need to clarify this. i think from the press statement that, than me after the meeting with you, pending and best, and also on russia. i think it's quite clear that there are several goals, objectives of him going to the you basically a article emphasize the invitations to both countries and the g 20 summit in november in bali. that's the 1st message. second is of course to express the, the empathy and also the concern regarding the conflict on the ongoing conflict in russia and, and also in that context. he also mentioned that he's actually really to be the messenger of peace message

from the 21st then the russian president and a 3rd boy, and i think this is very, very clear that indonesia, they need to press the next process, the whole, they're both countries and also, again, can return to the global supply chain. i'm aware. the commodities from most countries can, can, can go back to the global supply chain. so it can actually avoid the crises, the foot crises, the energy crisis that is actually facing are holding many states and building in south asia. ok, you've, you've outlined possibly some of the reasons i'm going to ask you my next question . but if you could sort of go into more detail as to why the war matters to indonesia and more broadly, to southeast asia. well,

i think to some extent we need to meet with it. like i said, in terms of graphical sense that the conflict itself is quite a remote from the, from the region. but of course, i think it is very clear for everyone that the implication of the war, especially in terms of the instruction off us global supply chain. this is something that really gets the region very much, especially with a supplier, barley and also potassium to make that the license, things like that. that really implicates the region that he's still suffering from the impact of the night in panama. talk to us about why his indonesia choosing to stay neutral in this conflict. well, order different research. what i can say, i think the strategy and we recognize ourselves, that we don't really, we don't really have to be the so called the mediator for example. but we are the

company that actually i yeah, are implicated the most for the impacts of the water. as i mentioned earlier, it is, for example, in asia is one of the biggest import off the from you clean, for example. so this is something that we need to deal with, and that's why the president needs to emphasize on these. that's one point. second point is definitely because indonesia holds the position as the president of the d 20. and that is also an interest to make sure that we can secure the i did 20 i did that later on in the summer because of course, we all know that that has been issued that some countries might not want to hear it in the summit later on so i'm the president, i think indonesia needs to be shown up is do you think indonesia sees this to

possibly as an opportunity to improve its international image? well those i think that's quite near to them of us. but at this moment, i think the focus is really 1st to ensure that these countries that are config, conflicting. it's either that they return to the global supply chain in order to mitigate the, the current crisis that we are suffering, including instead of the region. and of course, the 2nd thing is to make sure that it would be a successful under indonesia challenge if okay, that was lena alexandra, the head of the international relations department at the center for strategic and international studies in jakarta. thank you very much for your analysis. thank you . ah,

our next story from indonesia looks at restoring people's dignity. the leader of an islamic boarding school in the city of yoga. carter has made it his mission to use the schools, facilities, and atmosphere to help people shunned by society. it began as a small project, but is now flourishing his more. oh, is manic ritual prayer or dicker is one of the routines at his boarding school. oh, the school was founded by mohammed. she had donna, it has hundreds of religious students. and under santi, they have psychological disorders and have been addicted to drugs. she, i don't believe that dick her can reduce depression and grand peace. that is the good. now do the good in the deaconate and is implanted in the heart. felt in the

heart of the vibrations of the decor really flow into the body and the spirit. thus increasing awareness, fostering peace of mind to god growing a new taste for life. wonderful not only in the mouth, but in the heart. cheer donor has been taking care of his students for over 20 years. at 1st he treated only a few patients, but the number has grown to around a 150. most come from psychiatric hospitals and suffer recurring illness, toppled abra. dora. no matter how brutal a person is in the deepest recesses of their soul, there must be a spiritual pole. no matter how damage they are. no matter how bad the condition of their souls. we still see that they are human beings. here we consider them as sun 3 up. sudden. but most of the activities in this boarding school, our religious tree, i don't know, is assisted by 10 students who fully recovered without the i didn't read it. we

were taught deacon with la la la decker, can commerce, and we're going to them with deaker. we can control our emotions better. we can forget the past that has gone wrong. hello young. well, i, oh, yeah. well that, that about, oh, i love some of these people have been abandoned by their families. she don't her hopes others in indonesia will copy his school so they to can help those with psychological problems. that seat for to day on d. w. news. i said there is more from the region on d, w dot com, forward slash asia. of course, you can also follow us on instagram, facebook, twitter, and youtube al handle is that d w. news. we're going to leave you now with some more images from the g 25 ministers meeting underway to day in bali. i'm jared. read see tomorrow. good bye. thing

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