The first China-Indonesia Senior Officials' Meeting of the Joint Foreign and Defense Ministerial Dialogue was held in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sun Weidong and Deputy Director of the Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission Zhang Baoqun led a delegation to attend the meeting.
Sun and Zhang and their Indonesian counterparts Abdul Kadir Jailani, Director General of Asia-Pacific and African Affairs at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Brigadier General Oktaheroe Ramsi, Secretary Directorate General for Defense Strategy at the Indonesian Ministry of Defense, co-chaired the meeting.
The two sides exchanged in-depth views on China-Indonesia relations, diplomatic and defense strategic cooperation, and reached a series of consensuses.
The senior officials' meeting marks the official launch of the "2+2" mechanism between the two countries and a new level of strategic mutual trust between the two countries.
Both sides spoke highly of the development of China-Indonesia relations and expressed their willingness to strengthen communication and coordination, continuously enhance bilateral political and security cooperation and friendly mutual trust, and push for new progress in the building of a China-Indonesia community with a shared future.
China also expounded its stances and propositions on issues concerning China's core interests and major concerns such as the Taiwan question and the South China Sea.
Indonesia reiterated its firm adherence to the one-China principle, and advocated properly managing differences through peace negotiations and maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea.
The two sides agreed to carry forward the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and the Bandung Spirit, and jointly uphold true multilateralism, safeguard an open and inclusive regional architecture, and lead the reform and development of global governance, so as to contribute to regional and world peace, stability, cooperation and development.
The two sides also exchanged in-depth views on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and other international and regional issues of common concern.
The Chinese side pointed out that China advocates the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, and is willing to work with Indonesia to strengthen dialogue, communication, coordination and cooperation on the implementation of the "three major initiatives" proposed by China and jointly safeguard international fairness and justice.
China, Indonesia hold first 2+2 senior officials’ meeting
China, Indonesia hold first 2+2 senior officials’ meeting
China, Indonesia hold first 2+2 senior officials’ meeting
