(Bloomberg) -- Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto congratulated Donald Trump in a phone call on Sunday and may meet the president-elect in person this week, as he seeks to build links with the incoming administration.

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“Wherever you are, I’m willing to fly to congratulate you personally,” Prabowo told Trump, according to a video of the call on his social media accounts. Trump said they could meet “anytime you want” and praised the “great, great job” the Indonesian leader is doing. Prabowo’s younger brother and adviser, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, separately said the two leaders will meet in Washington this week.

Prabowo’s first overseas trip since taking office on Oct. 20 saw him visit Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing before he headed for the US, as he tries to balance relations with both countries. Prabowo, who won February’s election after two failed attempts, may find common ground with Trump because they are both strongman leaders whose populist appeal is rooted in nationalism, according to Achmad Sukarsono, a Singapore-based associate director at Control Risks who focuses on Indonesia.

“They are men who come from the same generation whose global outlook is shaped by the Cold War and north-south divide,” Sukarsono said. “They are both old money elites who know the value of financial power and high level negotiations.”

Prabowo, whose father held ministerial positions in various Indonesian governments, married the daughter of former dictator Suharto and spent decades in the military before being dismissed over alleged human right abuses. He denied wrongdoing.

The US imposed a travel ban on Prabowo that was lifted near the end of Trump’s first term in office, and he visited Washington as defense minister in 2020.

The Indonesian leader met President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday, where Biden said the two countries’ partnership is “stronger than it’s ever been” amid 75 years of diplomatic relations. The leaders of the world’s two largest democracies would discuss regional stability, climate, supply chains, and global conflicts including Gaza and the South China Sea, Biden told reporters ahead of the meeting.

Prabowo, in turn, called the US a “great friend” and pledged to work very hard to strengthen the bilateral relationship.