Chinese defense minister meets with Indonesian president-elect, defense minister

BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun on Tuesday met with the President-elect and Defense Minister of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto in Beijing.

Dong congratulated Prabowo on winning the recent presidential election. He said the Chinese military is willing to work with the Indonesian military to consolidate their strategic mutual trust, promote joint exercises and training, and enhance personnel exchanges to take their practical cooperation to a new height.

Prabowo said Indonesia is willing to further strengthen defense cooperation with the Chinese side and continuously promote the development of the relations between the armed forces of the two countries.