Jakarta, June 27 -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has expressed satisfaction with the progress of electrification efforts in remote villages and the development of solar power plants serving border areas.

"Thank you. I am happy to see our brothers and sisters now enjoying electricity, and we will continue until every Indonesian village has access to power," he said in a video conference with Michael Thungari, head of North Sulawesi's Sangihe Islands district, on Thursday.

He made the remarks after Thungari reported the successful electrification of Lipang Island, a remote area bordering the Philippines.

While inaugurating the simultaneous operation of geothermal and solar power plants in 15 provinces from Bojonegoro, East Java,...