On January 12, 2021 local time, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi was invited to meet with Luhut, the leader of Indonesian government cooperation with China and Minister of Coordination, in North Sumatra.
Wang Yi first expressed his condolences and condolences to Luhut on the recent crash of an Indonesian airliner. Wang Yi said that with the joint efforts of the two sides, the relations between the two countries have continued to develop under the background of the epidemic, and have continuously achieved positive results, showing strong resilience and great potential. China and Indonesia, both large developing countries and important emerging economies, are on the road of national revitalization.
The two countries work hand in hand, support each other and deepen cooperation, both for maintaining regional peace and development and promoting world stability and prosperity. China is willing to further implement the important consensus of the two heads of state with Indonesia to promote greater development of bilateral relations in the post-epidemic period for the benefit of the two peoples. It is expected that Luhut will continue to make efforts to this end as the leader of cooperation with China.
Wang Yi said that the vaccine cooperation between the two sides has been fruitful. China attaches great importance to Indonesia’s needs and is willing to continue to promote this cooperation with Indonesia to jointly promote the availability and affordability of vaccines in developing countries and Muslim countries. China is also willing to continue to strengthen medical and health cooperation with Indonesia to jointly build a community of human health.
The two sides signed the Belt and Road Initiative and the “Global Ocean Fulcrum” docking cooperation plan at an early date, actively promoted the construction of major projects such as the Yawan High-Speed Railway, the “Two Parks of the Two Countries” and the “Regional Comprehensive Economic Corridor”, strengthened the cooperation in tourism, agriculture, vocational education and training, and created a new growth point for digital economic cooperation, and provided for the economies of the two countries. Development continues to inject strong momentum. China is willing to import more Indonesian products and is positive about expanding the scale of bilateral currency swaps.
The two sides should jointly maintain digital security and build a network security community. China is willing to promote maritime cooperation with Indonesia, innovate ideas and create highlights of cooperation in navigation safety, marine scientific research, maritime search and rescue, disaster prevention and mitigation, environmental protection and other fields.
“It’s a pleasure to receive you in my hometown,” said Luhut. Indonesia and China are brothers and sincerely hope to further develop good, sustainable and important cooperation with China. The development and revitalization of Indonesia and China is an inevitable trend in history. Indonesia thanks China for providing vaccine support in a timely manner, and hope to continue to promote vaccine cooperation with China, carry out drug research and development and medical staff exchanges.
Indonesia is willing to accelerate the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative with China, promote the construction of the regional comprehensive economic corridor, and promote the continuous progress of major projects such as Yawan High-Speed Railway and Double Park of the Two Countries. Welcome China to expand its investment in Indonesia and look forward to Chinese electric vehicle companies coming to Indonesia to start businesses.
Indonesia is willing to strengthen cybersecurity and maritime cooperation with China, launch bilateral trade working groups as soon as possible, hold meetings of maritime cooperation committees, promote the export of agricultural and fishery products to China, and deepen cooperation in the financial field.
Before the talks, the two sides witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Development of Cybersecurity Capacity-building and Technical Cooperation and the Memorandum on Cooperation on the “Two Parks” Project between China and Indonesia.
