WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo, speaking after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday, said his country intends to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal the United States has forged with 11 other countries.
"We are the largest economy in Southeast Asia," Widodo said through a translator. "And Indonesia intends to join the TPP."
The two leaders also discussed climate change, strengthening Indonesia's maritime security powers and forest fires in Indonesia.
The Indonesian government said earlier on Monday that Widodo would be cutting short his trip to the United States in order to address the "haze crisis" caused by forest fires.
Widodo linked the fires to the effects of climate change felt by Indonesia.
(Reporting by Julia Edwards and Roberta Rampton; Editing by Sandra Maler and Peter Cooney)