President Xi JinPing and Indonesian President JoKo Widodo
vowed on Wednesday to strengthen high-quality cooperation
on the Belt and Road Initiative and the Global Development initiative,
as well as coordination in the framework of the Group of 20,
in order to promote bilateral ties.
In the telephone conversation,
the two presidents also exchanged views on the Ukrains situation,
agreeing that members of the international community should
facilitate peace talks between Russia and Ukraines to avoid a massive
humanitarian crisis and get the nagative effects of sanctions
on the world economy under control,
in order to not affect global economic recovery.
It was the second phone coversation this year between Xi and Widodo,
with the previous one held in January.
Xi hailed the sound development of the bilateral relations,
saying that China and Indonesia have set an example of solidarity
and cooperation between major developing countries.
China is ready to maintain close communication with Indonesia to
advance new progress in bilateral friendly cooperation and inject
greater stability and positive energy into regional and global
development, he said.
Xi called on both countries to continue to intensify cooperation
on the COVID-19 response and implement major cooperation
projects, including the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway,
to ensure high-quality Belt and Road cooperation between them.
As long as relavant projects are beneficial to the development
of Indonesia and the countries' cooperation,
China will maintain a positive attitude about them, he said.
Xi underlined the need for both countries to uphold
global market stability and ensure smooth operation
of the supply chain, advance the China-proposed Global
Development Initiative, firmly safeguard the open and
inclusive regional cooperation architecture with ASEAN at
the center and promote solidarity and cooperation for
mutual benefit and win-win results.
China supports Indonesia in playing its role in hosting
the Bali Summit this year, Xi said.
The Indonesian president commended the bilateral
cooperation in recent years and expressed his hope that
China will continue to support Indonesia in the
construction of the regional comprehensive economic
corridor and green industrial estates.
Noting that the GDI will help realize the United Nations 2030
Sustainable Development Agenda, he said that Indonesia
fully supports the initiative and stands ready to intensify
communication on it to jointly make contributions
to promoting global development.
Also on Wednesday, Xi had a phone coversation with
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the
country's president-elect, Serdar Berdimuhamedov.
They pledged to actively advance the pragmatic
cooperation between the two countries to benefit the two peoples.