The rallies have become smaller in recent days after the lawmaker perks were revoked and the military was deployed to the capital on Monday in a show of force.
Prabowo was among more than 25 leaders – including North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin – spotted at Wednesday’s parade centred on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
Xi invited Prabowo for the huge spectacle, in which China will showcase its military prowess, with troops marching in formation, flypasts and high-tech fighting gear on display.
Millions of Chinese people were killed during a prolonged war with imperial Japan in the 1930s and 40s, which became part of a global conflict following Tokyo’s attack on the United States’ Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Indonesia maintains a neutral foreign policy through which it maintains strong relations with both Washington and Beijing. But Prabowo has pledged to boost ties and defence cooperation with China.
On Saturday, Prasetyo had said Prabowo wanted to “continue monitoring (the situation in Indonesia) directly … and seek the best solutions” and apologised to the Chinese government that he could not attend the parade and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit.
Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Sugiono attended the SCO summit from Aug 31 to Sep 1, on behalf of Prabowo.
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