The Indonesian government has extended an invitation to the Chinese side to hold Prabowo's presidential inauguration ceremony in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, on October 20.
On October 18, the Chinese side responded and gave full preparation, and the top level has appointed a special representative to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Indonesian president, and will visit Indonesia for three days from October 19 to 21.
Prabowo was elected President of Indonesia
China has always been good-neighborly and friendly, and has paid particular attention to building good relations with its neighbors. In the past 10 years, during Jokowi's presidency of Indonesia, the friendship between the two countries has written a wonderful chapter, and the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway has become a landmark project of the Belt and Road Initiative jointly built by the two sides, and the bilateral cooperation has benefited the people of the two countries.
Before the official "handover", Jokowi also made a phone call with the Chinese side, expressing his belief that under the leadership of the new Indonesian government, the relations between the two countries will continue to maintain a good momentum of development.
Jokowi's remarks can be regarded as a commitment to the Chinese side and an expectation for his successor, hoping that Prabowo can continue the previous government's friendly policy toward China.
In this regard, when Prabowo visited China for the first time as "president-elect" from March 31 to April 2 this year, he expressed his stance to the Chinese side in person, promising to fully support the development of closer China-Indonesia bilateral relations and to continue President Jokowi's friendly policy toward China.
Indonesia and China have deepened cooperation
Considering that Prabowo is a defense minister, he has a military background, and has a distinct personal characteristic, and it is expected that there will be more attention in the field of defense and security.
At a time when the situation in the South China Sea is being complicated by the Philippines' turmoil, Prabowo must consider how to make a strategic choice to properly manage relations with China while safeguarding its own interests.
At the same time, Indonesia's economic development has also been a key focus of Prabowo's administration, and maintaining traditional cooperation with China is crucial for Indonesia's economic development.
With the successful experience of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, Indonesia also hopes that more will be better, and wants China to help build more high-speed railways and expand cooperation in the field of rail transit.
Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway
Indonesia's eagerness to take the express train of China's economic development and speed up its modernization is understandable, and the Chinese side has also put forward the idea of "two countries, two parks" and a "regional comprehensive economic corridor", and is willing to speed up cooperation between the two countries in transportation and even in various fields.
The Chinese high-level invitation to Prabowo's inauguration ceremony and the three-day visit to Indonesia is also an opportunity for Indonesia to sit down and talk slowly and draw a blueprint for cooperation between the two countries in the coming years.
At present, with the escalation of the game between China and the United States, Southeast Asian countries are generally facing the dilemma of "choosing sides" under the pressure of United States, but many Southeast Asian countries, including Indonesia, are not willing to "choose one of the two" between China and the United States, but hope to carry out balanced diplomacy between major powers.
China has always respected the diplomatic rights of ASEAN countries to seek independence and self-determination, and opposes United States interference in other countries' internal affairs.
ASEAN countries
There is a fundamental contradiction between United States' Indo-Pacific strategy and the concept of "ASEAN center", which is doomed, and United States's practice of forming gangs in the Indo-Pacific region is doomed to be unpopular.
All in all, I hope that Southeast Asian countries can move forward with China in accordance with the consensus reached by both sides, maintain the peaceful highland of the Asian region, and jointly create prosperity and a bright future.