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ritish Prime Minister David Cameron will set foot on Indonesian soil on Monday for a high-level state visit to the country, focusing mainly on boosting trade and investment between the UK and Indonesia.

Indonesia will be the first stop on Cameron'€™s four-day Southeast Asia tour, which also includes stops in Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. The visit, according to British Ambassador to Indonesia Moazzam Malik, will be primarily focused on business, trade and investment opportunities between the two countries.

The prime minister will also be accompanied by Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd, Trade and Investment Minister Lord Francis Maude, Small Businesses Minister Anna Soubry and Conservative MP Richard Graham.

A delegation of 30 business leaders will accompany Cameron on his trip to Indonesia, including representatives of prominent British companies such as Rolls-Royce, Airbus UK, Lloyds of London, Aviva and Jardines.

'€œIndonesia will be the first country that the Prime Minister will visit following his victory in the UK elections in May. This shows that Indonesia is a key player in the Asian region and along with India and China will take part in shaping the global economy of the 21st century,'€ Malik said in a press conference on Sunday at the British Embassy in Jakarta.

Aside from economic and trade discussions, other issues, such as counterterrorism, will also be discussed with President Joko '€œJokowi'€ Widodo.

The ambassador underlined that the threat of religious extremism was equally relevant to the UK and to Indonesia.

'€œThe UK is looking at how we can cooperate with Indonesia on counterterrorism and in keeping extremism at bay. We are also keen to see how Indonesia succeeds in dealing with extremists and hope to learn from [each other'€™s'€™] experience,'€ he said.

On Monday, Cameron will meet with Jokowi before heading to the ASEAN Secretariat. He will also take part in a televised interfaith dialogue with religious experts and also a business summit on Tuesday, before heading to Malaysia the same day.

This will be the first high-level meeting between the two countries since 2012, when then president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono went to London on a state visit. Cameron visited Indonesia earlier that same year.