BEIJING: China wants deeper military ties with Indonesia and will strengthen cooperation on bilateral and multilateral issues, China’s defence minister told his Indonesian counterpart, after a recent diplomatic spat in the South China Sea.
In March, Indonesia attempted to detain a Chinese trawler it accused of fishing in its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, prompting the Chinese coastguard to intervene, claiming they were operating in “traditional fishing grounds”.
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