Jakarta, March 22 -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said on Sunday the government will safeguard national interests in all policymaking, including the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) with the United States.

"You must believe that I prioritize Indonesia's national interests," he said in remarks broadcast in the "Prabowo Answers" program released by the Indonesian Government Communications Agency.

"If I think our national interests are threatened by any agreement, then we can leave it," he added.

Prabowo said the agreement had undergone thorough evaluation before approval, with one key provision reducing trade tariffs from 32 percent to 19 percent.

He also noted that Indonesia received what he described as special treatment f...