Jakarta, May 27 -- President Prabowo Subianto has called for making the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) the center of food security and energy security in the region.

While delivering a speech at the 16th BIMP-EAGA Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, he emphasized that food and energy security are important for the independence and sovereignty of the region.

"Therefore, I propose priority on food and energy security. I invite BIMP-EAGA to make our sub-region a regional food production center," he added.

He also underlined the need to strengthen governance and implementation mechanisms for the points of the BIMP-EAGA agreement, followed by strengthening economic integration between coun...