Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday, Prabowo called on defense and military officials from around the globe to help pressure both Kyiv and Moscow to start negotiations for peace, noting that the war had far reaching impacts beyond just Ukraine and Russia.

“[The war in] Ukraine has affected the livelihoods of all the peoples of the world. The price of energy has gone up, the price of food has gone up. This has resulted in much suffering for many peoples of the world,” Prabowo said on the second day of the three-day forum.

To this end, he proposed a peace plan that included an "immediate cessation of hostilities", a cease-fire "at present positions" and a withdrawal of both Russian and Ukrainian troops 15 kilometers from their forward positions to create a new demilitarized zone.

He said the demilitarized zone should be observed and monitored by a peacekeeping force deployed by the United Nations and that the UN should organize a referendum “to ascertain objectively the wishes of the majority of the inhabitants of the various disputed areas".

Prabowo, a leading presumptive candidate for the presidency next year, also said Indonesia would be happy to deploy military personnel for UN peacekeeping missions.

“Let us not put blame on any side. There are always two versions to any conflict. Both sides feel strongly of their righteousness. But for the security of the world [and] for the safety of the innocent, we have to achieve secession of hostilities as soon as possible,” he said.