Indonesia and China said on Monday that 




maritime cooperation 

promoting safety and security in the South China Sea, amid longstanding Indonesian suspicions about China’s actions in the waters controlled by Jakarta.


The sides agreed to cooperate in 

  • infrastructure building, 

  • minerals development 

  • joint security,


Joint security and Natuna island 



 last being the most significant because of Indonesia’s concerns over Chinese development near the Natuna island group in the South China Sea, which Beijing claims virtually in its entirety.


While neither side mentioned the islands directly, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the officials agreed to further enhance their security cooperation in a comprehensive and sustainable way. “We will enhance law enforcement and security cooperation to jointly combat transnational (inaudible) cooperation,” Mr. Wang said following the first joint meeting of foreign and defence ministers from the two sides in Beijing.

Peace and stability

“We agreed that safeguarding peace and stability in the South China Sea is in line with the interests of all parties, and we will set up an example in maritime cooperation,” Mr. Wang said, adding that the coast guards signed a memorandum of understanding on maritime security and safety.

Indonesia borders the strategic waterway through which an estimated $5 trillion in world trade passes annually, but it is not formally one of the six parties that share overlapping sovereign maritime claims with China. Such disputes have raised fears of a larger conflict that could put China and the U.S. on a collision course.

Despite that, China’s southernmost territorial claim lies within Indonesia’s 370-km exclusive economic zone, and Indonesian security patrols routinely drive off or seize Chinese fishing boats, fuelling tensions between the countries.

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