British Overseas Secretary Liz Truss has met with Indonesian officers to talk about closer cooperation in long term technologies, cybersecurity and financial relations as part of British endeavours to deepen ties to Southeast Asia immediately after leaving the European Union
JAKARTA, Indonesia — British International Secretary Liz Truss met with Indonesian officials on Thursday and discussed nearer cooperation in long term systems, cybersecurity and financial relations as section of British initiatives to deepen ties to Southeast Asia soon after leaving the European Union.
Truss stated she and Overseas Minister Retno Marsudi mentioned a roadmap for closer cooperation.
“We require to make absolutely sure that know-how criteria are shaped by the absolutely free entire world. And we want to work together with Indonesia in places like cyber and also the up coming generation of systems, whether that’s 5G, 6G or without a doubt spots like synthetic intelligence and quantum,” Truss mentioned at a information convention. 5G and 6G are know-how criteria for new cellular phone networks.
“We are also launching a new joint doing the job group on counterterrorism and a cyber dialogue as very well,” Truss said.
The British international secretary also fulfilled with President Joko Widodo and talked about nearer cooperation in vaccines and biotechnology, the presidential palace mentioned.
Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous place, is Truss’s final quit in a weeklong go to to Southeast Asia to deepen economic and protection relations. She previously visited Malaysia and Thailand.
“Deeper ties are a get-acquire, offering positions and prospects for British people when making sure an open, secure and affluent Indo-Pacific,” she claimed prior to her trip. “Performing with key Southeast Asia partners will support us market independence and democracy throughout the earth.”
For the duration of her take a look at to Jakarta, Truss also satisfied with the secretary typical of the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations, Lim Jock Hoi, to create on the U.K.’s new designation as a person of the 10-country bloc’s “dialogue partners” and to focus on performing together on the political disaster in Myanmar considering that its military seized electrical power in February.
In their talks, Marsudi and Truss claimed they agreed on the importance of employing an ASEAN consensus on restoring democracy in Myanmar. Myanmar has refused to cooperate with an envoy appointed by ASEAN to assist mediate.
