China, Indonesia to hold meeting at deputy prime ministerial level

BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Law and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto is to pay a visit to China from Feb. 27 to March 1 at the invitation of Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, during which the two senior officials will co-chair the third meeting of bilateral dialogue mechanism at deputy prime ministerial level.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the announcement on Monday at a routine press briefing in Beijing.

China expects that the two sides can exchange views on bilateral ties and international relations as well as regional issues during the meeting, so as to deepen practical cooperation and bolster the bilateral relationship, Hong said.

China and Indonesia launched the dialogue mechanism in 2005, and they have held two meetings respectively in 2006 and 2010.