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Prabowo will visit Japan on April 2-3
Prabowo's Tokyo trip will follow his visit to Beijing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, the president-elect's first foreign tour less than two months after winning the race to succeed incumbent leader Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.
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President-elect Prabowo Subianto waves on March 21, 2024, in Jakarta as he delivers a speech, following an announcement by the General Elections Commission (KPU) on the official results of the 2024 general election. The KPU declared the incumbent defense minister as the winner of the presidential election with 58.58 percent of the vote. (Reuters /Willy Kurniawan)
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resident-elect Prabowo Subianto will visit Japan on April 2-3, where he is set to meet Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other officials, Japan's chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Monday.
Prabowo's Tokyo trip will follow his visit to Beijing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, the president-elect's first foreign tour less than two months after winning the race to succeed incumbent leader Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.
Japan and Indonesia are comprehensive strategic partners sharing fundamental principles and values, and it is hoped Prabowo's visit will bolster close bilateral cooperation in a wide range of areas, Hayashi told a regular press conference.
Prabowo, a former special forces commander and the current defence minister, also plans to meet Japan's defence minister Minoru Kihara, Japan's Jiji news agency reported.
In 2021, Prabowo and Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi signed a deal to facilitate defence equipment transfers in a meeting with their Japanese counterparts, as Japan seeks to expand military and economic cooperation with Southeast Asian nations to counter China.
Japan and Indonesia in December reached another deal to remove more trade barriers.
Prabowo Subianto arrive din Beijing on Sunday for a three-day visit to China, Indonesia's key Jakarta trade partner in the world.
On the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Prabowo -- who takes office later this year -- will visit China from Sunday until Tuesday, foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced late last week.
Xi this month congratulated Prabowo on his victory and said he attached "great importance" to relations with Indonesia.
