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Owen Jenkins is Director General for Indo-Pacific, Middle East and North Africa at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Owen was previously the British Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor-Leste from 2019 to 2023. Before that Owen was the British...

• Updated: 12 August 2024

Advice to The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan, former Minister of State for Indo-Pacific at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.

• Updated: 10 December 2024

FCDO Indo-Pacific Minister Catherine West gave a keynote speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies today, on the UK's Indo-Pacific policy.

• Updated: 25 November 2024

The Minister’s responsibilities include: China and Northeast Asia Southeast Asia Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands India and the Indian Ocean economic security (including export controls) sanctions economics and evaluation (including the Chief Economist) regulatory and economic diplomacy defence and...

• Updated: 28 March 2024

The Minister’s responsibilities include: India and the Indian Ocean China and Northeast Asia Southeast Asia and the Pacific economic security and growth economics and evaluation technology and analysis departmental operations, including legal

• Updated: 25 July 2024

Minister Catherine West gave a keynote speech to the South China Sea conference in Ha Long, Vietnam.

• Updated: 23 October 2024

Defence Minister Lord Coaker discussed the UK’s commitment to Indo-Pacific security during visits to the Republic of Korea and Vietnam.

• Updated: 18 September 2024

Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrives in Laos for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

• Updated: 25 July 2024

Mr Stephen Lillie CMG became the Director for Defence and International Security at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in September 2022. A senior career diplomat, Stephen has extensive experience of complex geopolitical issues, with particular focus on the...

• Updated: 14 October 2022

Minister for the Indo-Pacific Catherine West visits Indonesia with a focus on green growth, later traveling on to Timor-Leste.

• Updated: 20 January 2025