On May 17, 2002, Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan, who is on an official visit to Indonesia, held talks with his Indonesian counterpart Hassan in Jakarta. The two sides exchanged views on bilateral relations and other international and regional issues of common concern in an in-depth manner, and reached broad consensus.

Tang positively evaluated Sino-Indonesian relations. He said that contacts between leaders of the two countries and exchanges on various levels have become increasingly vigorous in the recent years. The two countries have intensified their mutual trust and maintained good coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs.  The Joint Declaration signed in 2000 between the two countries has in particular set the direction for the future development of bilateral relations. The Chinese side feels satisfied with the good momentum of bilateral relations.

Tang said that the friendly relations of cooperation between the two countries are undergonging all-around development. The cooperation in the key fields such as agriculture, energy, resource tapping and infrastructure building has now started, and the two sides have appointed specific departments to speed up the implementation of the related issues of  the US$400 million preferential credit China offered to Indonesia. China's State Planning Commision and the Indonesia's Ministry of Mines and Energy will convene the first meeting of the "Energy Forum" as soon as possible. The transportation departments of the two countries have reached agreement on the project of bridge construction. The agricultural and fishery sectors are consulting on the issues of signing fishery agreement and carrying out agricultural cooperation.  The Bank of China has sent advance teams to Indonesia for the resumption of a branch office in Indonesia. Tang said that the Chinese side is willing to make joint efforts with Indonesia to solidly expand the economic and trade cooperation field and continue to elevate the level of trade and economic cooperation, so as to push the all-around cooperative relations based on good neighborliness and mutual trust to a new high.

Tang said that as a friendly neighbor, China is pleased to see the situation in Indonesia developing in the good direction. Both China and Indonesia are multi-ethnic countries and national harmony is of vital importance. Tang expressed his appreciation to the Indonesian government for its more active and tolerant policies and the efforts to improve Chinese Indonesians' situation. Meanwhile, he pointed out that China consistently advocates that overseas Chinese should respect the laws of their country of residence, actively integrate into the local society and make contribution to the economic construction and the social development of the their residing countries.

Foreign Minister Hassan extended a warm welcome to Tang for his visit, saying that this visit has further enriched and consolidated the exchanges and cooperation between the two countries. He said that in the recent years bilateral relations have made new progress, contacts at various levels between the two countries have remained close and frequent, cooperation in key fields has developed smoothly. The exchanges between the leaders at various levels have in particular constituted solid foundation for the growth of the bilateral relations. Hassan said that the bilateral relations are currently facing good development opportunities and advantageous economic situation. He said Indonesia appreciates China's assistance to Indonesia and is willing to further strengthen the cooperation with China in above-mentioned fields and expand the coordination and cooperation in regional and international affairs in order to continuously consolidate and strengthen the relations between the two countries.