Special report:
Premier Wen attends int'l
meetings, visits Singapore
SINGAPORE, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- China highly appreciated Indonesia's
adherence to one-China policy, which formed important political basis for
developing relations with China, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao here Tuesday.
China and Indonesia are friendly neighbors and strategic partners, Wen said
while meeting with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
"The Chinese side will continue to support Indonesia and closely coordinate
with the country on important issues of mutual concern," Wen said.
The Chinese premier expressed his hope that the two countries will
formulate a common action plan for their strategic partnership, sign an
agreement on expanding bilateral economic and trade cooperation, and enhance
their cooperation in the fields of trade, construction of infrastructure and
agriculture.
During the meeting, Susilo highly spoke of Indonesia's relations with
China, saying their strategic partnership is developing smoothly and their
bilateral cooperation is fruitful in various fields.
He expressed his confidence that the bilateral trade volume will reach the
goal of 30 billion U.S. dollars in 2010.
Indonesia is looking forward to developing closer relations with China,
strengthening their coordination on regional issues and expanding cooperation in
the fields of trade, investment and energy.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of a series of ASEAN (Association
of Southeast Asian Nations) meetings, including the 11th ASEAN plus Three
(China, Japan and the Republic of Korea) Summit, the 11th China-ASEAN Summit,
the third East Asia Summit, and the eighth meeting of leaders of China, Japan
and the Republic of Korea (ROK).
