China, Indonesia agree to boost ties
Both sides aim to take China-Indonesia cooperation to a high level across multiple areas — from artificial intelligence, defence and rail transport to green energy, satellites and fisheries.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Indonesian counterpart Sugiono in Jakarta to strengthen ties between the two nations. The two countries agreed to enhance military cooperation, collaborate on minerals, energy, technology, artificial intelligence, defense, rail transport, green energy, satellites, and fisheries. Both nations aim to support each other's core interests and cooperate more in energy and mineral resources, with Indonesia being the world's largest exporter of palm oil and thermal coal to China.
Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun welcomed the meeting, stating that military cooperation between the nations will become higher in quality and more effective. Joint exercises, officer exchanges, and partnerships in the defense industry are expected to increase. While Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, protested a joint military exercise between Chinese and Indonesian navies, Indonesia's navy claimed the activity was routine and included other nations like Japan and the United States.
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