China News Agency, Beijing, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a video meeting with Indonesia's coordinator of cooperation with China and Coordinating Minister Luhut on May 6.

  Wang Yi said that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China-Indonesia relations have withstood the test of the epidemic, and their strategic and high-level status has become increasingly prominent.

We are true friends and reliable partners.

China is willing to make joint efforts with Indonesia to deepen the new pattern of bilateral relations featuring "four-wheel drive" of political, economic, cultural and maritime cooperation, advance the respective development processes of the two countries, better cope with various international challenges, and contribute to world peace and development. great contribution.

  Wang Yi pointed out that China adheres to the principle of putting people first and life first, and the measures taken to prevent and control the epidemic are scientific and effective, in line with China's national conditions, and safeguard the health and safety of the Chinese people.

The Chinese side congratulates Indonesia on its positive results in epidemic prevention and control, and will continue to provide vaccine assistance to Indonesia, support companies from both sides to cooperate in localized production of vaccines, build a joint research center for vaccines and genes, and carry out closer cooperation in areas such as APIs. The enhanced version of the health cooperation between the two countries during the epidemic.

  Wang Yi expressed that China is willing to work with Indonesia to jointly promote the completion and opening of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway as scheduled, and to build the "two countries and two parks" of China and Indonesia into the first demonstration park for economic and trade innovation and development between China and ASEAN countries, so as to promote maritime cooperation to achieve new results, and in green Cultivate more growth points for cooperation in areas such as development, digital economy, infrastructure financing, and food security, and create an upgraded version of the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" between the two countries.

  Wang Yi stressed that East Asia has formed a regional cooperation structure centered on ASEAN, which is the key to maintaining peace and stability in the region.

The "Indo-Pacific strategy" pursued by the United States moves against the trend of the times and does not conform to the common and long-term interests of regional countries.

The activation of the "Five Eyes Alliance" by the United States is in essence advocating the proliferation of outdated Cold War mentality; the establishment of the "quadlateral mechanism" is in essence creating new bloc confrontations in the region; the promotion of the US-UK-Australia trilateral security partnership is in essence provoking armaments in the region competition.

China believes that no matter whether regional cooperation expands to the Pacific or Indian Ocean, the focus should be on East Asia, and the engine should be ASEAN.

No matter what regional strategy is proposed, the aim should be mutual benefit and win-win, not a zero-sum game.

Both China and Indonesia are representatives of emerging economies. China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with Indonesia on this issue, jointly safeguard the hard-won peace and stability in the region, and jointly safeguard the legitimate rights of countries in the region to seek development and revitalization.

  Wang Yi said that China firmly supports Indonesia in hosting the G20 Leaders' Summit, forging the outcomes of the Bali Summit under issues such as global health, energy transition, and digital transformation, and making positive contributions to overcoming challenges in the post-pandemic era.

  Wang Yi said that in response to various security challenges facing the world today, President Xi Jinping put forward a global security initiative, which clearly answered the era's issues of "what kind of security concept the world needs and how countries can achieve common security".

The Global Security Initiative and the Global Development Initiative echo each other, conform to the expectations of countries around the world for peaceful development and win-win cooperation, take into account the two major issues of the era, peace and development, and focus on promoting sustainable security through sustainable development, in order to promote global development and security. A new impetus has been injected into the business.

China is willing to work with Indonesia to promote the implementation of global security initiatives through bilateral and multilateral cooperation, carry forward the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and the "Bandung Spirit", and blaze a trail of joint construction, sharing and win-win security.

  Luhut thanked China for its comprehensive and strong support for Indonesia's fight against the epidemic. He said that the in-depth cooperation between the two countries to overcome the challenges of the epidemic shows that the two sides are a community with a shared future that shares weal and woe.

Indonesia is willing to, together with China, continue to advance cooperation on vaccines and public health, deepen the "Belt and Road" cooperation, and promote cooperation in strategic projects such as the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, the "two-country double park", the North Kalimantan Green Industrial Park, and infrastructure construction. Maritime cooperation projects will further benefit the people of both sides.

It is hoped that the two sides will further promote cooperation in education, culture, media and other fields to enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples.

Indonesia welcomes the global development initiative and global security initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping, and is willing to actively participate in these two important initiatives.

Indonesia and China can cooperate to overcome the epidemic, achieve greater development, and jointly maintain regional peace and stability.

Indonesia appreciates China's support for Indonesia to host the G20 Leaders' Summit, and will work with all parties to promote this year's summit to play a constructive role in restoring the world economy.

  Luhut emphasized that the solidarity and cooperation between Indonesia and China will enable us to jointly overcome various current difficulties and challenges.

Wang Yi expects and believes that China-Indonesia relations will become a model of mutual benefit and win-win results, a model for common development, and a vanguard of South-South cooperation.

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