Indonesian leader Prabowo Subianto and US president-elect Donald Trump expressed admiration for each other during a phone call the former made to congratulate the Republican on his return to the White House.
Prabowo arrived in the United States on Monday following a state visit to China, where he met President Xi Jinping and signed US$10 billion in new deals at a business forum in Beijing.
The 72-year-old shared a video of his conversation with Trump on Instagram and expressed his desire to meet in person.
“I would like to call personally on you wherever you are, I’m willing to fly to congratulate you in person, sir,” Prabowo told Trump, who replied: “We’ll do that anytime you want.”
Prabowo will meet outgoing US President Joe Biden on Wednesday to hold talks on strengthening bilateral cooperation, the White House said in a statement.
In the three-minute video clip of the phone call, Trump said Prabowo was doing an “amazing” job leading Indonesia, adding he would like to make a visit to the Southeast Asian nation “sometime”.
