Xi Jinping Invites Prabowo to Visit China to Discuss Bilateral Partnership

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Chinese government announced that Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto will pay a working visit to China from March 31 to April 2.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said in a press release on its official website on Friday, March 29, that Prabowo would visit China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, and both would hold talks.

"Prabowo will also meet with Prime Minister Li Qiang. They will exchange views on bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest," he said.

Lin Jian added that China and Indonesia are two important developing countries.

"We share a deep traditional friendship and close and strong cooperation," he said.

In recent years, under the leadership of President Xi and President Joko Widodo, bilateral relations between the two countries have maintained a strong growth momentum and entered a new stage of building a community of shared future, as stated in the press release.

According to Lin Jian, Prabowo's visit to China will be his first overseas visit as president-elect, which shows the strength of China-Indonesia relations.

"The visit is a great opportunity to further strengthen the traditional friendship, deepen comprehensive strategic cooperation and better synergize development strategies to set a good example for developing countries to share a common future," he said.

He added that the visit is also an opportunity for the two countries to work in solidarity for mutual development.

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