On February 21, Dr. Jusuf Wanandi, Vice Chair of Board of Trustees of Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) of Indonesia, sent a letter to Mr. Wang Chao, President of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA). 

Dr. Wanandi commended the efforts and sacrifices of the Chinese People under the leadership of President Xi Jinping to overcome the COVID-19 outbreak and expressed appreciation for what China had done to contain and mitigate the effects of the virus for the region and world.

Dr. Wanandi reaffirmed that Indonesia, and CSIS particularly, would stand by China against the outbreak. He also hoped that CSIS and CPIFA would strengthen cooperation facing the common challenge.

He attached his article named "Wuhan, Jiayou" published as an editorial on the Jakarta Post on February 7.