Xi Jinping Congratulations On Prabowo's Victory

Chinese President Xi Jinping (DOC ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka's victory as President and Vice President for the period 2024-2029.

"China congratulates Pak Prabowo Subianto for winning the presidential election. President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory message," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian when delivering a statement to the media in Beijing, China, as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, March 21.

KPU in KPU Decree Number 360 of 2024 states that Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka is the President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia for the period 2024-2029 with 96,214,691 votes.

Meanwhile, the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar pair received 40,971,906 votes, followed by the Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD pair with 27,040,878 votes so that the total valid ballots, according to the KPU, amounted to 164,227,475 votes.

"China and Indonesia are traditional friends and neighbors. China is very concerned about its relationship with Indonesia," said Lin Jian.

Lin Jian said China is ready to work with Indonesia to continue the traditional friendship between the two countries.

"We are deepening comprehensive strategic cooperation and achieving greater progress in building the Chinese-Indonesian community with a common future to bring more benefits to both countries and the two nations," continued Lin Jian.

Prabowo-Gibran is superior in 36 provinces, while Anies-Muhaimin has won the biggest votes in two provinces. Meanwhile, Ganjar-Mahfud did not win a single province.