LONDON – The United Kingdom has applied become a Dialogue Partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the government said on Friday as it seeks to strengthen ties with the region. UK hopes to boost partnership with the 10-member Asean to accelerate growth and collaboration in the region that would lead to new opportunities on trade, security, education …

The discussions covering trade and trading standards, agriculture, security, transport, energy, fisheries and police cooperation kick off in Brussels under teams run by Frenchman Michel Barnier for the EU and governmental advisor David Frost for Britain. They take place just over a month since Britain ceased to be an EU member, and are meant to wrap up by the end …

After leaving formally European Union or Brexit, The United Kingdom will be a more open and welcoming country for Indonesia. That was told by the UK ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste Owen Jenkins on Friday (31/1/2020). The UK plans in place to attract more Indonesian students to study there and the possibility of a future cooperation in palm oil. …