Assistant Foreign Minister Nong Rong and Director General for Asia-Pacific and African Affairs of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abdul Kadir Jailani Hold China-Indonesia Diplomatic Consultations

2024-02-04 19:00

On February 3, 2024, Assistant Foreign Minister Nong Rong and Director General for Asia-Pacific and African Affairs of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abdul Kadir Jailani held the 15th China-Indonesia Diplomatic Consultations in Xiamen, Fujian.

Nong Rong said, President Xi Jinping met twice with President Joko Widodo last year, leading the comprehensive strategic cooperation between the two countries to a new level and making new progress in turning the building of a community with a shared future into real projects. The two sides have witnessed more improved political and security cooperation mechanisms, more active people-to-people exchanges and dialogues, and closer coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs.

Nong Rong gave an in-depth introduction to the guiding principles of the Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs and said that building a community with a shared future for mankind is the noble goal pursued by China in conducting major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics for the new era. In the new year, China is ready to work with Indonesia to follow the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, advance the building of a China-Indonesia community with a shared future at a high level, and set an example of major developing countries with a shared future, solidarity and cooperation for common development, so as to bring more benefits to the two peoples and inject strong impetus into regional and global prosperity and stability.

Abdul Kadir Jailani positively evaluated the progress made in the implementation of the action plan on strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, and said that Indonesia attaches great importance to its relations with China and is ready to work with China to implement the important common understandings reached between the two heads of state, intensify high-level exchanges, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields and push for new and greater development of the comprehensive strategic partnership between Indonesia and China. Indonesia reiterates its firm commitment to the one-China policy.

The two sides also had an exchange of views on international and regional issues of mutual interest and concern, and agreed to deepen regional multilateral cooperation and safeguard common interests.