Chinese Prime Minister Li qiang met the president of Indonesia PRABOWO SUBIANTO Sunday to discuss ways to expand trade and investment during the United States trade war And as economic globalization faces opposite winds.
Li arrived in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, Saturday afternoon for a three-day visit to the greatest economy in Southeast Asia. It was the first judgment of his first visit abroad this year.
Indonesia and China are member states of 20 group main developing countries and emerging economies and The catches.
Li brought 60 prominent Chinese businessmen for its address at the Indonesian-Chinese commercial reception on Saturday evening. He underlined in his remarks that the Chinese economy has reached rapid growth this year despite growing external challenges.
“The current international situation is an impasse,” said Li at the event, which was also assisted by Subianto. “Unilateralism and protectionism are increasing, the intimidation behavior increases.”
This year noted this year marks the 70th anniversary of the design of the movement not aligned by the Asian and African countries of the city of Bandung in Indonesia when the world was at a historic crossroads.
The spirit of solidarity, friendship and cooperation of Bandung played a central role in the unity and cooperation of the countries of the southern world, said Li.
“More than seven decades later, the world is again at an important crossroads,” said Li.
He called on all countries to seek common ground while resolving the differences by dialogue and peaceful coexistence.
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SUBIANTO expressed its gratitude to the Chinese government and its societies “which participated in our economy, created jobs, transferred technology and strengthened confidence among all businesses, especially in our homeland”.
He also invited Chinese businessmen to invest more in Indonesia. Double sense trade exceeded $ 147.8 billion last year, increasing by 6.1%.
Li said that for nine consecutive years, China was the largest trading partner in Indonesia, and that its belt and road cooperation program has experienced substantial progress, including Nickel and merger factories WhooshThe sales department of the first high-speed railway from Southeast Asia which has been operating since October 2023, carrying nearly 10 million passengers.
Indonesia wants a more important role in the supply of nickel and other raw materials to rapidly growing electric motor manufacturers in China.
SUBIANTO welcomed Li on Sunday during a ceremony at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta before the two leaders held a bilateral meeting on closed doors.
“The current international situation faces a huge upheaval, and peaceful development is faced with many uncertain and unstable factors,” said Li in its opening remarks.
China wants to strengthen its traditional partnership of friendship and belt and road with the road with Indonesia, in particular in five key pillars: politics, economics, maritime affairs, security and cultural exchanges and people to people. ” Said.
Read Visit to Jakarta in September 2023 came with $ 21.7 billion in new Chinese investments, following a previous investment commitment of $ 44.89 billion made when former president Joko Widodo met Chinese President Xi Jinping in July the same year.
The two leaders supervised the signing of a dozen agreements, including cooperation to encourage bilateral transactions in local currency, trade, investment, tourism, health and agricultural exports.
SUBIANTO underlined the close historical relationship between Indonesia and China and declared that the two countries were at an important moment in the history of bilateral relations.
“I reiterate our commitment to strengthen our full strategic partnership with the Chinese people and government,” said Suubianto. “We see that it will bring goodness not only to the two countries, but also to the whole Asian region.”
The Indonesian Minister of Investment and Downstream, Rosan Roeslani, who is also the head of the investment coordination board of directors, said that LI’s visit had brought prospects for concrete cooperation, including the implementation of $ 10 billion in investment which was previously agreed by the two countries.
“The investment has started and covers a certain number of strategic sectors,” said Roeslani to journalists, adding that the visit will also open up opportunities for several new collaborations in the fields of transport, the development of industrial clusters, the fall of minerals and the chemical sector.
Li should meet the members of the Indonesian parliament on Sunday. On Malaysia on Monday, where he and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim should go to the economic summit of the ASEAN-GCC-CHINA, who attended leaders of the Southeast Asian countries and the Gulf Cooperation Council.
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