Xi: Strengthen solidarity with Indonesia

President Xi Jinping called on Tuesday for stronger solidarity between China and Indonesia through practicing true multilateralism, upholding open regionalism and contributing the wisdom of the East and the strength of Asia to promoting global governance.

In talks with visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Xi urged both sides to consolidate strategic mutual trust and extend steadfast support to each other in protecting national sovereignty, security and development interests, exploring paths of development suiting national conditions, pursuing economic development and improving people's living standards.

The president told Widodo, the first foreign head of state to visit China since the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, that building a China-Indonesia community with a shared future is the common aspiration and expectation of the two peoples, and he is pleased that the two sides have decided on this overall direction.