Jokowi’s trip to China marks the first by a foreign leader since the Winter Olympics in February, when Russian President Vladimir Putin and others entered a bubble designed to keep visitors separate from the public. China’s zero-tolerance approach to the virus has largely kept foreign leaders out of the country during the pandemic, with Xi last leaving in January 2020.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo invited China’s Xi Jinping to attend the Group of 20 summit in November, as the two leaders held a rare meeting in Beijing amid strict Covid controls.
Xi thanked the G-20 host for his invitation and wished him success, according to a statement from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But it was unclear whether he will attend.
