Xi, president of Indonesia hail 75 years of relations

President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulations on Sunday with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto over the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations, vowing to continue enriching the dimensions of the China-Indonesia community with a shared future with the features of the new era.

Xi said in his message that the efforts are aimed at providing an example of solidarity and mutual trust between major developing countries, a model of common development and a vanguard of South-South cooperation, in order to make joint contributions to the cause of human progress.

Describing China and Indonesia as close neighbors across the sea and good partners sharing a common future, Xi said that he attaches great importance to the development of bilateral ties.

As China and Indonesia are major developing countries and key nations of the Global South, cooperation between them holds strategic and global significance, Xi emphasized.

China and Indonesia have stood together through thick and thin and engaged in sincere cooperation over the past 75 years, Xi said.

The two sides achieved remarkable progress in bilateral relations and fostering deep-rooted friendship between the two peoples, he added.

Xi recalled his two meetings with Prabowo in Beijing last year, during which the two sides agreed to firmly support each other's development visions, jointly advance their respective paths to modernization, and build a China-Indonesia community with a shared future with regional and global influence, in order to elevate the bilateral relations to new heights.

In his message, Prabowo said that Indonesia and China enjoy a time-honored friendship, with their partnership remaining robust and dynamic.

He highlighted the rapid progress in cooperation regarding the "five pillars" of politics, economy, culture, maritime affairs and security, and expressed hope that both sides will continue to deepen cooperation and cement the friendship between the two peoples in order to make positive contributions to peace and stability.

China is Indonesia's top trading partner and second-largest foreign investor, while Indonesia is China's second-largest investment destination among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Bilateral trade reached $147.8 billion in 2024, more than triple the volume of a decade ago.

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