Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz (L) waves beside Indonesia's President Joko Widodo during their meeting at the presidential palace in Bogor, West Java on Wednesday. AFP PHOTO

JAKARTA: Cheering crowds welcomed King Salman Wednesday as he began the first visit by a Saudi monarch to Indonesia for almost 50 years, seeking stronger economic ties with the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.

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