BEIJING, Jul 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – At the invitation of Chinese President, Xi Jinping, Indonesian President, Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, will visit China from Jul 25 to 26, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying, announced.
In response to a question on the visit, another Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Wang Wenbin, told a press briefing yesterday that, Jokowi will be the first foreign head of state to visit China, after the Beijing Winter Olympics, and China is also the first stop of Jokowi’s first trip to East Asia, since the pandemic, reflecting that China and Indonesia attach great importance to bilateral relations.
During the visit, Xi will hold talks with Jokowi, and Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang, will meet with him. They will have in-depth exchanges of views on bilateral relations and major regional and international issues, Wang said.
The two countries are major developing countries and representatives of emerging economies with broad common interests and broad space for cooperation, he said.
In recent years, under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, the two sides confirmed the general direction of building a China-Indonesia community with a shared future, constructed a new pattern of cooperation, regarding the four pillars of political, economic, cultural and maritime fields, and interpreted the rich content of the comprehensive strategic partnership.
Wang said, through Jokowi’s visit, China looks forward to deepening strategic mutual trust and practical cooperation, and setting an example for the win-win cooperation and common development among major developing countries in the new era.
Jokowi will have face-to-face talks with Chinese leaders, about the G20 Summit and discuss how to meet the current prominent global challenges, thus demonstrating the solidarity and coordination among major developing countries, injecting more positive energy into the post-pandemic development of the world economy, and contributing more to global equity and justice, Wang concluded.– NNN-XINHUA
