Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has said that he appreciates Indonesia’s efforts in tackling forest fires, sparing its neighboring country from air pollution. Forest fires in Indonesia have been under control this year. The peak of the dry season in September has passed without any major increase in the number of hot spots, according to statistics by Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB). About 2.61 million hectares of land in Indonesia were destroyed during catastrophic forest fires in 2015. It caused thick haze which blanketed parts of Indonesia and its neighbors, and the pollution cost Indonesia more than US$16 billion in economic losses.