Jakarta, Oct. 24 -- Indonesian Transmigration Minister Muhammad Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara has proposed establishing a sister-province partnership between Indonesia and China to spur investment and development in transmigration areas.

Suryanagara presented the idea to Chinese Ambassador Wang Lutong during a meeting at the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta on Thursday.

"We plan to establish a sister-province partnership between a province in China and one in Indonesia, specifically North Maluku and South Papua," he said.

He explained that the initiative would not only connect regions with similar characteristics but also those that complement each other economically and geographically.

To illustrate the concept, Suryanagara used durian cult...