Jakarta – The chairman of Golkar Party Jusuf Kalla said on Sunday that his meeting with the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party chairman Prabowo Subiyanto was an initial step in forming a coalition between the two parties.

"This discussion is in its infancy. We will continue further as the ties improve. We will establish unity, including how to form a solid coallition," Kalla said, as quoted by kompas.com.

Kalla also said there was a possibility for Prabowo to run as his vice presidential running mate. "I think it [the coalition]'s like that," he said, referring to possible future discussion agenda between the two parties.

Prabowo, who is also a former chief of the Army's Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad), added that the two parties share many similarities conducive for a future coalition.

"That's why in the near future we'll discuss things more intensively so as to find a more specific ground to share," Prabowo said. (amr)