FILE PHOTO: Indonesia Presidents Joko Widodo walks next to a national flag during his visit at a military base in Natuna, near South China Sea, Indonesia January 8, 2020, Laily Rachev/Courtesy of Indonesian Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's military said on Thursday that Chinese coast guard vessels and fishing boats had left disputed waters in the western reaches of the South China Sea following a visit by President Joko Widodo to assert his nation's sovereignty.
During recent weeks, Jakarta summoned China's ambassador after the coast guard and fishing boats entered waters around the northern Natuna islands, where Indonesia has established an exclusive economic zone.
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