Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Indonesian counter part Marty
Natalagewa held talks in Jakarta on May 2 to seek ways to boost
bilateral ties between the two countries.
During the talks, the two sides agreed that there are rooms for the relationship between the two countries to develop.
Both sides should fully tap all potential and opportunities to
strengthen their all-round strategic cooperation, especially in trade,
maritime and energy, so as to benefit the two countries and their people
as well as contribute to the peace and development in the region and
the world, they said.
The two sides agreed to
maintain high-level exchanges, expand bilateral trade and investment,
strengthen maritime cooperation, deepen the cooperation in defence and
security, expand cultural exchanges and increase their coordination in
international organisations.
At the talks, Wang Yi
pledged that China will continue working with ASEAN member
countries to make contributions to peace, stability, development and
prosperity in the region.
He affirmed that Beijing
wants to settle disputes related to the East Sea in a peaceful
manner through consultations with directly-related countries and the
effective implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in
the East Sea (DOC). Wang added that Beijing is ready to discuss the
building of a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC), and is willing to
continue holding high-level meetings to talk these issues.
Minister Natalagewa said both Indonesia and China, together with
other ASEAN member countries, believe that it is crucial to fully
implement DOC and continue negotiating the building of COC and have no
contradictions on these issues.
Two-way trade between Indonesia and China rose from 49.153 billion USD in 2011 to over 51 billion USD in 2012.-VNA