Throughout his six-day journey, Wang will be a part of a high-level dialogue cooperation mechanism with Indonesia and attend a gathering of the China-Cambodia Intergovernmental Coordination Committee, ministry spokesman Lin Jian mentioned.
Lin referred to the three international locations as “good associates and good companions” based mostly on mutual respect, equality, mutual profit and shared improvement. He additionally praised the “sturdy momentum of improvement” of ties between China and the three international locations.
Lin mentioned China hoped Wang’s go to would assist implement the consensus President Xi Jinping reached with the leaders of the three international locations and perform high-quality tasks beneath the Belt and Street Initiative.
China, Japan visits a ‘main diplomatic coup’ for Indonesia’s Prabowo
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Wang’s journey comes as China steps up its diplomacy with Southeast Asian nations amid tightening strategic competitors with the USA within the Asia-Pacific area.
Indonesia’s president-elect Prabowo Subianto visited China in late March. China is the nation’s largest buying and selling accomplice and second-biggest international investor. Indonesia is China’s second-biggest funding vacation spot, following Singapore, amongst members of the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).
The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, Southeast Asia’s first high-speed rail line, was constructed with Chinese language funding. Beijing has hailed it as one of the crucial profitable examples of the belt and street technique, China’s plan to enhance infrastructure and connectivity within the area.
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China can also be Cambodia’s prime buying and selling accomplice and supply of imports in addition to its largest supply of international funding and international help.
Final 12 months, Xi after which Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen introduced a “Diamond Hexagon” cooperation body in Beijing geared toward rising bilateral hyperlinks in politics, productiveness, agriculture, power, safety and human exchanges.
China is making an attempt to not solely preserve its standing as a prime buying and selling accomplice to Papua New Guinea, the biggest island nation within the South Pacific, but in addition to develop their ties to extra areas. It was reported in January that Beijing and Papua New Guinea have been negotiating an settlement on safety and police cooperation.
China has elevated its relationships with Indonesia and Cambodia to the extent of constructing a “neighborhood of shared future” and boosted ties with Papua New Guinea to a “complete strategic partnership”, in line with Lin.
