PYONGYANG - Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has sent a congratulatory message to Vladimir Putin on his re-election as Russian president, according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).I extend my heartfelt congratulations to you on your re-election as president of the Russian Federation. Your re-election as president is an expression of your people's great support and trust in you, Kim was quoted by the KCNA as saying in his message sent on Tuesday.Being convinced that the DPRK-Russia relations of friendship and cooperation with a long history would continue to develop in depth in line with the desire and wishes of the peoples of the two countries, I wish you bigger success in your work to build powerful Russia, he said.Putin was elected president for the fourth time in a landslide victory on Sunday. buy helo wristbandfigured wristbandnike just do it rubber wristbandspersonalized rubber braceletscool rubber band bracelets with loom
China would like to align the Belt and Road Initiative with Indonesia's development strategies and strengthen ties in infrastructure and other key areas, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday.The premier made the stance in a meeting with the visiting Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, who also met with Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday afternoon.China and Indonesia, as two major developing countries, share wide-ranging common interests in safeguarding regional peace and promoting shared development, Li said at the meeting in Beijing.The two economies are highly complementary and have enormous potential for economic and trade cooperation, he said.Li said that China is ready to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, including Indonesia, to bring China-ASEAN relations to a new stage and contribute to regional development and prosperity.Retno said her country has made leaps in progress in its relations with China. Indonesia will strengthen high-level exchanges, deepen people-to-people ties and accelerate the development of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway.Indonesia, with the world's fourth-largest population, was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with China, in 1950. It also was one of founding members of the regional ASEAN bloc and has been one of China's important trade partners in Southeast Asia.Trade between the two countries hit $45.7 billion in 2016, a year-on-year increase of 7.7 percent. Indonesia's exports to China reached $15 billion that year, up by 13 percent year-on-year.Last year, China imported non-petroleum products valued at $21.3 billion from Indonesia, an increase of 41 percent, making the world's second-largest economy Indonesia's largest [email protected]?
