Jakarta, March 23 -- The Ministry of Defense and the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) have devised several strategies to improve efficiency in fuel consumption in anticipation of the impacts of disruptions to global oil supplies.

Head of the ministry's Defense Information Bureau Brig. Gen. Rico Ricardo Sirait said the move is in line with President Prabowo Subianto's call for proactive measures to reduce fuel use and avoid a national energy crisis.

"The steps prepared include reconfiguring resource utilization for greater effectiveness based on priority scale, including the use of defense equipment and transport for official purposes," he noted in a press release cited in Jakarta on Monday.

Elaborating further, Sirait stated that...