Jakarta, June 24 -- The government will remain focused on protecting and strengthening domestic micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) amid global volatility arising from the Iran-Israel conflict, MSMEs Minister Maman Abdurrahman said here on Tuesday.

"Amid the (current) global turmoil, for us, the main priority is to empower, protect, and optimize the use of MSME products in Indonesia," he added.

Although the plan to form a task force for MSME protection by the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs is still under discussion, efforts to protect and empower MSMEs have been conducted intensively, he noted.

As a concrete action to strengthen local businesses, the MSMEs Ministry has launched the MSME Protec...