China to deepen all-round strategic cooperation with Indonesia, says President Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China is ready to deepen all-round strategic cooperation with Indonesia during talks with Presidentelect of the Republic of Indonesia and Great Indonesia Movement Party General Chairman Prabowo Subianto in Beijing on Monday. Xi congratulated Prabowo on winning the election and asked Prabowo to relay sincere greetings and best wishes to President Joko Widodo.
Recalling the rapidly developing and fruitful bilateral ties over the past decade under the guidance of the two heads of state, Xi said both sides have made the Jakartabandung high-speed railway an exemplar of high-quality bilateral cooperation and the countries have entered a new stage of building a community with a shared future.
The Chinese side views Chinaindonesia relations from a strategic and long-term perspective, said Xi. China is ready to work with Indonesia to build a China-indonesia community with a shared future that has regional and global influence, so as to bring more benefits to the two peoples and contribute to peace, stability and prosperity of the region and the world, he added. Xi said the key to the achievements in China-indonesia relations lies in both countries’ adherence to strategic independence, mutual trust and assistance, win-win cooperation, and fairness and justice.
China and Indonesia are both major developing countries and emerging markets, he said.
In the past, the two countries always supported each other in the struggle for national independence and national construction, said Xi. In the future, both countries should remain united to become a model of promoting mutual benefit, winwin outcome and common development between countries, and a pioneer of South-south cooperation, he added. Both countries should firmly follow a development path that suits their own national conditions, he said.
The two countries should also firmly support each other in safeguarding sovereignty, security, and development interests, and understand and support each other on issues involving each other’s core interests and major concerns, Xi said.
He said China is willing to maintain close exchanges with Indonesia, exchange experience in state governance, strengthen the alignment of development strategies, promote construction of the “Two Countries, Twin Parks” and the “Regional Comprehensive Economic Corridor,” and continue to deepen maritime cooperation.
China is also ready to strengthen cooperation and provide support with Indonesia in poverty reduction and alleviation, added Xi.