China's Wang Yi meets Indonesia's Jokowi, president-elect Prabowo

Indonesian Defence Minister and President-elect Prabowo Subianto and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for a photograph during a visit at the Defence Ministry office in Jakarta on April 18, 2024. - AFP

JAKARTA: China's top diplomat met Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his successor Prabowo Subianto on Thursday (April 18) as Beijing seeks to boost its regional influence.

The meetings come after Prabowo visited Beijing this month where Chinese President Xi Jinping praised relations with Jakarta, laying out a vision for regional peace as tensions rise between Beijing and other South-East Asian neighbours -- including the Philippines over the disputed South China Sea.