Jakarta, April 24 -- Deputy Chairperson of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono emphasized the importance of enhancing ASEAN collaboration as an anchor for regional peace and balance.

"We must increase collaboration in ASEAN as an anchor for peace and balance, and maintain these good relations," Yudhoyono stated in a press release received here on Thursday.

He conveyed this statement during a meeting with Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore, Suryo Pratomo, at the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore on Wednesday (April 23).

He noted that strengthening ASEAN regional collaboration should be more focused on developing a trade and investment ecosystem, as well as supporting food and energy self-sufficiency and enviro...