Bulwark against seeds of division taking root

Attended by Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Defense Minister Dong Jun and their respective Indonesian counterparts Sugiono and Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, the First Ministerial Meeting of China-Indonesia Joint Foreign and Defense Ministerial Dialogue was held in Beijing on Monday.

The first 2+2 mechanism China has established at the ministerial level, the meeting conveys the strategic significance Beijing attaches to relations with Indonesia, a major member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Global South.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations between the two countries, and their exchanges on bilateral ties, security and defense cooperation and international and regional affairs will have been conducive to further deepening mutual understanding and trust between the two sides, and strengthening their collaboration.