| 1 | Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, right, speaks with ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh during their meeting at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, July 27, 2015. |
| 2 | JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia and Britain agreed Monday to step up joint efforts to fight terrorism and the Islamic State group. |
| 3 | British Prime Minister David Cameron said after meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on that both countries are concerned about the threat from the Islamic State militants. |
| 4 | At the start of his two-day visit to the country, Cameron also promised to help provide a package of counter-terrorism support that includes beefing up security at airports in Jakarta and Bali. |
| 5 | He added that around 50 Indonesia's counter-terrorism officers would be trained in the United Kingdom. |
| 6 | "We have agreed to step up our joint efforts both to tackle the terrorist threat and to counter the extremist narrative," the British premier told a joint news conference. |
| 7 | He said Britain would seek to learn from Indonesia's approach to countering extremism, with an exchange programs between religious and community leaders in Indonesia and the United Kingdom to foster a better understanding of what work. |
| 8 | "ISIL is a shared enemy and it is right we share our expertise by uniting together we can better protect our country from this evil threat," Cameron said. |
| 9 | An estimated 500 Indonesians have reportedly joined the Islamic State group. |
| 10 | Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation with a secular central government, has been battling terrorists since 2002, when militants linked to the Southeast Asian network Jemaah Islamiyah attacked nightclubs in Bali, killing 202 people, mostly tourists. |
| 11 | Cameron is scheduled to attend a business forum and meet with religious leaders Tuesday before leaving for Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. |