"Let me be clear: The first victims of these fires are Indonesians." Indonesia's Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir stressed this on Tuesday (Oct 27), as he outlined his country's efforts to tackle the forest fires causing haze across the region. Speaking alongside Singapore's Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, he said President Prabowo Subianto has made tackling the fires a top national priority, and that Indonesia understood its neighbours' concerns and appreciated their offers.