Chinese VP meets Indonesian new Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka

JAKARTA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — Visiting Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Indonesia’s newly inaugurated Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka here on Monday.
Han congratulated Gibran on his inauguration and emphasized that China and Indonesia are good neighbors and good partners, adding that the cooperation between the two sides is highly complementary and mutually beneficial, which has brought tangible benefits to both nations.
China is willing to strengthen the synergy of development strategies of the two countries in light of the policy priorities of the new Indonesian government, and continue to deepen the practical cooperation in various fields with the high-quality Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation taking the lead, ensuring mutual benefit and win-win results, and jointly advancing the building of a China-Indonesia community with a shared future, Han said.
For his part, Gibran said that the new Indonesian government is willing to work with China to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state.
He said that Indonesia will continue to consolidate the good momentum in developing bilateral relations, and unswervingly deepen bilateral practical cooperation to better benefit the two countries and their peoples.
At the invitation of the Indonesian government, Han, as the special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping, attended the inauguration of Indonesia’s new President Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta on Sunday, and was on a visit to the Southeast Asian country from Saturday to Monday. ■