A child plays under Chinese national flags on display at a park in Beijing, as China marks its National Day, on Oct.1, 2009
SINGAPORE, KOMPAS.com - Indonesia and China agreed to mark the 60th anniversary of their diplomatic relations in 2010 as a "Year of Indonesia-China Friendship," presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said here on Friday. He made the statement after a meeting between President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Chinese President Hu Jintao at Marina Mandarin Hotel.
"The two leaders agreed to mark the 6oth anniversary of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and China next year as a ’Year of Indonesia-China Friendship’," he said. Djalal said on April 13 next year Indonesia and China would celebrate the anniversary with various activities to show the two countries’ close relationship.
The two countries’ good relationship has been marked by a strategic partnership agreement. "I could say that trade between Indonesia and China has surpassed the target of US$300 billion in value in 2008. So its development as well as the potential of trade and investment relations between the two countries have indeed been remarkable," he said.
President Hu opened the meeting by congratulating President Yudhoyono on his re-election. "He appreciated President Yudhoyono’s leadership in the past five years that had made Indonesia even stronger despite various challenges it had faced such as tsunami, monetary crisis, earthquakes and rising oil prices," Djalal said.
He said the Chinese government hoped Indonesia could play a bigger role in the international fourm and was ready to continue promoting the strategic partnership that President Yudhoyono had initiated several years ago. President Yudhoyono met with President Hu Jintao for about 30 minutes ahead of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit here on November 14-15.
Besides with President Hu Jintao, President Yudhoyono is also scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare of Papua New Guinea and US President Barrack Obama on the sidelines of the summit.
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