China Poised to Welcome First Foreign Leader Since Olympics
- Indonesian President Joko Widodo to visit Beijing next week
- China may be starting to open to more foreign dignitaries
Xi Jinping, right, prepares to shake hands with Joko Widodo in Beijing in 2017.
Photographer: Roman Pilpey-Pool/Getty Images
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo is set for the first visit to China by a foreign leader since the Olympics in February, a sign the diplomatic isolation of the world’s No. 2 economy due to its Covid Zero strategy may be easing.
Jokowi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang on Monday and Tuesday for “an in-depth exchange of views focusing on bilateral relations and major regional and international issues,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Thursday at a regular press briefing in Beijing.