November 11, 2024 01:55 GMT
INDONESIA: Prabowo Pivots to China.
INDONESIA
- Indonesian and Chinese firms will sign agreements worth more than US$10bn according to President Prabowo (source: BBG).
- Prabowo’s first foreign trip as President is to Beijing, where he met with President Xi.
- Prabowo described the relationship between China and Indonesia as ‘getting stronger and stronger’ and that ‘Indonesia considers China not only as a great power, but as a great civilization.’
- China and Indonesia have agreed to the joint development of fisheries, oil and gas in areas of overlapping claims.
- China is a source of $7bn of investment in Indonesia’s commodity processing and infrastructure projects and the new President describes the relationship as a priority.
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