Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will travel to China and meet with Xi Jinping this week, both countries announced on Tuesday ( Nov 5 ). This is his first foreign tour as he attempts to gain more clout for Jakarta on the global stage.
The 73-year-old ex-general’s condition visit will take place from Friday to Sunday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a statement.
Beijing said the visit may aim to “push China-Indonesia relationships… to a fresh level”.
According to the international ministry’s Mao Ning,” China is ready to function with Indonesia to get this visit as an opportunity to combine high-level political shared trust.”
She said that Xi will hold a meeting to welcome the Indonesian head and that they may speak.
According to Mao, Prabowo may even meet with Zhao Leji, the country’s top standard, and Premier Li Qiang.
Roy Soemirat, a spokeswoman for the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed the attend to AFP.
Prabowo was sworn in on Oct 20, pledging to adhere to Jakarta’s usually non-aligned foreign legislation while making the country’s fourth-most numerous region more active worldwide.
Beijing and Jakarta are important financial friends, but the largest archipelago nation in the world is attempting to stop foreign vessels from fish in its waterways, claiming it costs the country billions of dollars annually.
A Chinese coast guard ship was pulled from contested lakes in the South China Sea by Indonesia next month three days.
At the southern border of the South China Sea, where Chinese vessels sometimes entered Indonesia-claimed regions of the North Natuna Sea, sparked protests from Jakarta.