Premier Wen Jiabao Back Home from Visits to Malaysia, Indonesia
2011-04-30 13:21

On the afternoon of April 30, local time, Premier Wen Jiabao flew back home from Jakarta after concluding his official visits to Malaysia and Indonesia. Senior officials from the Indonesian government and Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia Zhang Qiyue saw Wen off at the airport.

During his visit to Malaysia, Premier Wen visited the University of Malaya, held talks with his Malaysian counterpart Najib and attended China-Malaysia Economic, Trade & Investment Cooperation Forum. He engaged broadly with friendly personages from all walks of life in Malaysia and witnessed the signing of several cooperation agreements. This is his first visit to Malaysia in six years and is also his first official visit to Indonesia.

During the visit to Indonesia, Premier Wen held talks with Indonesian President Susilo. The two leaders expressed satisfaction with the progress made in bilateral friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation, agreeing to compressively implement bilateral strategic partnership plan, deepen pragmatic cooperation in all areas, further deepen humanities exchanges and enhance coordination and cooperation within multilateral frameworks.

Premier Wen also held cordial exchanges with faculties and students of University of Al Azhar Indonesia and met with members of the International Medical Corps in Indonesia, Indonesian Vice President Boediono and Secretary-General of ASEAN Surin. Wen also attended the Indonesia-China Strategic Business Dialogue and delivered an important speech on bilateral relations and regional cooperation.

During the visit, the Chinese and Indonesian governments signed over 20 cooperation documents and issued a joint communiqué. The two governments agreed to increase the trade volume from less than US$50 billion at present to US$80 billion by 2015.

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