On April 18, 2024 local time, Indonesian President Joko Widodo met with Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Jakarta.
Wang Yi first conveyed President Xi Jinping's cordial greetings and best wishes to President Joko Widodo and congratulated Indonesia on its smooth presidential election. Wang Yi said, President Joko Widodo, during his 10 years in office, has focused on development, improved people's livelihood, and successfully navigated the challenges posed by the pandemic, earning broad support and endorsement from the Indonesian people. President Joko Widodo has visited China eight times in 10 years, and President Xi Jinping met with President Joko Widodo 12 times. The two presidents reached important common understandings on upgrading China-Indonesia relations, opening a new chapter in the rapid development of bilateral relations, helping achieve fruitful outcomes in Belt and Road cooperation, and jointly leading bilateral relations into a new stage of building a community with a shared future. China highly appreciates Mr. President's historic contribution to the cause of China-Indonesia friendship and looks forward to working with Indonesia to advance bilateral relations to inherit the past and usher in the future for new and sustained development.
Wang Yi said, China is willing to carry forward the tradition of friendship with Indonesia, consolidate political mutual trust, deepen strategic coordination, and set an example of shared future, solidarity and coordination among developing countries. China firmly supports Indonesia in pursuing a path suited to its national conditions and realizing the "Golden Indonesia 2045" vision, and joining hands on respective paths toward modernization with distinctive characteristics. China firmly supports the two countries in deepening practical cooperation, operating the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway at a high level, advancing major flagship projects such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Corridor, and creating new growth areas for cooperation. China firmly supports Indonesia in playing its role as a major country, and strengthening coordination and cooperation between China and Indonesia, deepening China-ASEAN cooperation, keeping East Asia cooperation on the right track, and resisting various acts that create regional division and confrontation, so as to promote the building of a fairer and more equitable global governance system.
Joko Widodo asked Wang Yi to convey his best wishes to President Xi Jinping. Joko Widodo said, China is an important cooperative partner of Indonesia and the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries has maintained a sound momentum of development. Indonesia attaches great importance to its relations with China and hopes to strengthen cooperation in such fields as economy, trade, food security and energy, so as to promote more high-quality Indonesian products to enter the big Chinese market. Noting that the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway has been successfully put into operation, Joko Widodo hopes that China will continue to support Indonesia's high-speed railway construction. More Chinese companies are welcome to invest and do business in Indonesia. China plays an important role in international and regional affairs. Indonesia is willing to work closely with China, adhere to the one-China policy, and jointly safeguard regional peace and stability.
The two sides also had an exchange of views on the situation in the Middle East, among others.
On Thursday, Wang Yi also met with Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto and held talks with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi.
