The Solomon Islands prime minister, Gordon Darcy Lilo, says his government hopes to open an embassy in Indonesia in June to further strengthen bilateral ties.
He was speaking in Honiara during a visit of a parliamentary delegation from Indonesia.
Mr Lilo says he has been impressed by Indonesia's initiative to connect Pacific Island countries to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Last September, Mr Lilo made a state visit to Jakarta in September amid plans for a Melanesian Spearhead Group delegation to visit Papua whose separatists want to join the MSG.
On the Papua question, Mr Darcy Lilo has described Indonesia's legitimacy over the region as unquestionable.
However, he has also said Jakarta has taken heed of his call for an end to abuses by Indonesian security forces in Papua.
