DHAKA: UK Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to offer Indonesia and Malaysia support in tackling Islamist extremists, during a trade mission to South East Asia.

It comes amid growing concern that the next branch of so-called Islamic State (IS) could emerge in the region.

David Cameron said ‘brutal terrorists’ would only be defeated if countries united against their ‘common enemy’, reports the BBC.

Cameron is to raise the issue in meetings with the leaders of both countries during the four-day trip.

He is heading to Indonesia on the first stop of his tour, which is primarily intended to boost trade with Britain.

But Cameron will also use his visit to discuss the threat from Islamist extremism with his counterparts, President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, and later Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia.

BDST: 1640 HRS, JULY 26, 2015
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