The Indonesian President-elect’s decision to visit China before his inauguration has surprised some observers.
BEIJING - Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto met Chinese President Xi Jinping on April 1 to discuss their countries’ growing bilateral economic and strategic ties, in Mr Prabowo’s first overseas tripAt the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Mr Xi told Mr Prabowo that China viewed bilateral ties with a long-term perspective, and Beijing was willing to “deepen all-round strategic cooperation with Indonesia”, reported China Central Television.
Mr Widodo did not make any official visits when he was president-elect in 2014, and met Mr Xi only during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ summit in Beijing in November that year. It is likely that this visit had been scheduled before Mr Prabowo’s election victory, Mr Habib told The Straits Times, adding that Mr Prabowo had visited the United States but not China in 2023.
Mr Prabowo, a three-time presidential candidate, had made economic nationalism a political issue in past campaigns. During the 2019 election, he had pledged to review Chinese investments in the country if he won against the incumbent Mr Widodo.
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