China and Indonesia on Friday agreed to promote the building of a community with a shared future.

Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held phone talks with Indonesia's Coordinator for Cooperation with China and Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan at the latter's request.

China and Indonesia, as major developing countries and important representatives of emerging economies, share similar historical experiences and common endeavors, Wang said, adding that China is ready to strengthen mutual learning on governance and accelerate their respective development and revitalization.

With the joint efforts of both sides, the all-round cooperation between them has been progressing smoothly, and the joint commissioning and testing of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway, the flagship project of Belt and Road cooperation, marks an important step toward the operation of the entire line, which will inject new impetus into Indonesia's development, Wang said.

China attaches great importance to the China-Indonesia comprehensive strategic partnership and will, in accordance with the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, strengthen high-level exchanges, consolidate political mutual trust, promote synergy of development strategies, build the China-Indonesia community with a shared future, push bilateral relations to a new height and open up new prospects for bilateral cooperation, he added.

Indonesia hopes to learn from China's experience in advancing reform and opening-up and striving for high-quality development, deepen practical cooperation in various fields to benefit the two peoples, work to accelerate key cooperation projects, make every effort to ensure the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway is put into operation on schedule and give full play to its demonstration effect, said Luhut.

Indonesia is looking forward to the next stage of high-level exchanges and will take the important consensus of the two heads of state as a guide to promote the building of the Indonesia-China community with a shared future, he said.

(With input from Xinhua)

(Cover: Workers at Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway construction site in West Java province, Indonesia, October 1, 2022. /CFP)