British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss signs a guest book as Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi watches before their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 11, 2021. Courtesy of Indonesia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Handout via REUTERS
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's foreign minister on Thursday defended her country's objection to a global deforestation pledge made last week, promising during a visit by her British counterpart to "walk the talk" on climate commitments.
Indonesia, home to a third of the world's rainforests, was among 137 countries at the COP26 climate summit in Britain that signed an agreement to end deforestation by 2030.
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