Palm oil ban: Protest letters by PM
Published on: Wednesday, January 09, 2019
By: Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will be writing letters to France and Norway to protest against their nations’ decision to ban palm oil, says Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok Suh Sim.
“We are working on it now. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will send in Malaysia’s official protests to the French president Emmanuel Macron and the Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg concerning their countries’ plans to ban palm biodiesel,” she said.
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She was speaking with reporters at the Reach and Remind, Friends of the Industry Seminar 2019 and Dialogue here Tuesday. She said as a palm oil producing country, Malaysia would not tolerate the decision made by these countries and action must be taken or it would affect the bilateral trade relations between Malaysia and the EU.
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