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High Representative/Vice President Josep Borrell to visit Indonesia and ASEAN

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From today (1 June) to Friday 4 June, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell (pictured) will visit Indonesia. He will hold discussions with the Indonesian government and will have meetings at the headquarters of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The visit demonstrates the EU's wish to deepen relations with Indonesia, one of the world's largest democracies and economies, which will hold the G20 Presidency in 2022 and the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2023. The visit also comes in light of the upgrade of EU-ASEAN relations to a Strategic Partnership, the recent adoption of Council Conclusions on an EU Strategy for Co-operation in the Indo-Pacific, and ongoing efforts to address the military coup and the ensuing political crisis in Myanmar. In Jakarta, High Representative/Vice-President Borrell will meet President Joko Widodo, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi as well as Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto.

He will also have meetings at the Indonesian Parliament with Meutya Hafid, Chair of the Commission on Foreign Relations, and Fadli Zon, Chairman of the Committee for Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation. The High Representative and Foreign Minister Marsudi will deliver joint press statements after their meeting on 2 June. While in Indonesia, the High Representative will also meet the Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Lim Jock Hoi, and the ASEAN Committee of Permanent Representatives. High Representative Borrell will visit the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance, inaugurate the new premises of the EU Delegation to Indonesia and oversee the official upgrade of the EU Mission to ASEAN to a fully-fledged EU Delegation. He will also give a speech at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies on the EU Strategy for Co-operation in the Indo-Pacific. Audiovisual footage of the visit will be provided by Europe by Satellite. More information is available in a full press release.

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