Indonesia’s Jokowi to meet Xi Jinping during upcoming visit to Beijing

Indonesia's Jokowi to meet Xi Jinping during upcoming visit to Beijing

JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo will meet with his Chinese equal Xi Jinping whenever he visits Beijing on Tuesday (Jul 26).

Indonesian Foreign Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) Retno Marsudi said that Mr Widodo will also meet Premier Le Kiqiang during his one-day visit to China.  

China is Indonesia’s largest trading partner with a total trade value of US$110 billion last year, said Mdm Marsudi.  

“For investment, Customer the third largest buyer with a total expense value of around US$3. 2 billion in 2021, ” the lady said to reporters throughout an online briefing on Thursday (Jul 21).    

Jokowi will be major leaders Mr Xi receives during this outbreak, she added.  

After Beijing, Jokowi, as the president is popularly identified, will visit Tokyo on Jul twenty-seven and then Seoul upon Jul 28.  

“As we all know, these three countries are Indonesia’s proper partners in the financial field. And these 3 countries are also proper partners of Indonesia and ASEAN when we talk about regional problems, ” said Mdm Marsudi.  

“The focus from the visit is to talk about strengthening economic assistance, particularly in the regions of trade and expenditure, ” she added.

While in The japanese, Jokowi will fulfill Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and some people in Tokyo on Wednesday.  

Trade between Philippines and Japan improved to more than US$32 billion last year along with Japanese investment within Indonesia reaching US$2. 26 billion.

From Tokyo, the particular president will check out Seoul on Thursday night where he is planned to meet President Yoon Suk-yeol and the business community.  

Last year, trade between two countries attained US$18. 41 billion dollars.