Blinken to visit UK, Lithuania, Indonesia

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the United Kingdom, Lithuania, and Indonesia on July 9-15, 2023.

Secretary Blinken will travel to Jakarta, Indonesia, to participate in the annual US-ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, and ASEAN Regional Forum, the press service of the US State Department reports.

At each meeting, Blinken will emphasise the United States’ commitment to ASEAN centrality and support for the ASEAN-U.S. Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. He will address economic cooperation, the global fight against climate change, the ongoing crisis in Burma, the situation in the South China Sea, and Russia’s war against Ukraine. 

The secretary will also participate in the second US-Indonesia Strategic Dialogue alongside his counterpart, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi.

In advance of the secretary’s travel to Indonesia, he will accompany President Biden on his trip to the United Kingdom and Lithuania for NATO meetings from July 9-12.