US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (Photo: AP)

He is scheduled to meet with Indonesia’s foreign minister Retno Marsudi and will address an Islamic youth group conference on religion and civilisation in Jakarta.

Mr. Pompeo told a press conference that the US respects Indonesia’s territorial sovereignty and the trip aims to discuss the fundamental rights, maritime rights, and sovereignty of nations and affirm a vision of a free and open Indio-Pacific.

The Jakarta visit will conclude Pompeo’s four-day trip that includes stops in India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives.