Jakarta, June 14 -- President Prabowo Subianto is preparing a range of policies aimed at reducing Indonesia's reliance on foreign energy supplies, according to Head of the Government Communications Agency (Bakom), Muhammad Qodari.

Qodari said President Prabowo has made energy self-sufficiency one of the key priorities of his administration from the outset. As a result, the government is formulating various measures to reduce Indonesia's dependence on imported energy.

"This nation must be self-reliant. This nation must progress. We must be free from dependence on food imports and energy imports. These are all part of President Prabowo's efforts," Qodari said in a statement on Saturday.

He noted that these efforts form part of the govern...