China News Agency, Jakarta, February 22 (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) On February 22 local time, Indonesian President Joko Widodo met with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Jakarta.
Widodo asked Qin Gang to convey his sincere greetings and best wishes to President Xi Jinping, wishing the upcoming two sessions of China a complete success, and looking forward to the two sides stepping up the implementation of the consensus reached by the two heads of state in Bali and preparing for the next stage of high-level exchanges.
Widodo said that in recent years, Indonesia and China have achieved fruitful results in practical cooperation, and bilateral economic and trade investment has grown rapidly. China has become Indonesia's second largest source of foreign investment.
The two sides should speed up the promotion of key projects such as the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail, the North Kalimantan Industrial Park, and the construction of the new capital, and expand cooperation in industrial chains and new energy.
Widodo said Asia is the center of global economic growth and should not be a stage for power struggles.
Indonesia is willing to work with China to maintain regional peace and stability and help post-epidemic recovery.
Indonesia appreciates China's support for ASEAN's centrality and will handle the Myanmar issue based on the "five-point consensus".
Qin Gang conveyed President Xi Jinping's cordial greetings to President Joko Widodo, expressing that China is willing to work with Indonesia, guided by the important consensus of the two heads of state, adhere to high-level leadership, adhere to strategic docking, and adhere to major-country cooperation, so as to pursue common development on the road to modernization .
The two sides should make every effort to ensure that the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway is completed and opened to traffic as scheduled, and create more "Belt and Road" cooperation flagship projects.
China is willing to import more Indonesian bulk commodities and high-quality agricultural and fishery products, and encourage outstanding Chinese-funded enterprises to participate in major infrastructure projects in Indonesia.
Qin Gang said that the century-old changes have profoundly affected the Asia-Pacific region.
The more complicated the situation is, the more China and ASEAN must strengthen solidarity and cooperation to maintain peace, stability, development and prosperity in the region.
China fully supports Indonesia in playing its role as the rotating chair of ASEAN, leading the promotion of ASEAN community building and East Asia cooperation to achieve greater results, and will continue to support ASEAN's central status and resolve the Myanmar issue through the "ASEAN way".
During the visit, Qin Gang and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno co-chaired the fourth meeting of the China-Indonesia Bilateral Cooperation Joint Committee Mechanism, and met respectively with Luhut, Coordinating Minister of Indonesia's cooperation with China, and Gao Jinhong, Secretary-General of ASEAN.
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