Palm oil dispute won’t affect ties with Malaysia, says EU ambassador
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail receives a courtesy call from European Union envoys, led by Maria Castillo Fernandez , at Perdana Putra, Putrajaya July 23, 2018. — Bernama pic
“Our relations is more than palm oil and we shouldn’t let it hurt the relationship that had been forged for so long. We have to look at the middle and long term solutions and we are always open to dialogues, listening to our partner in Malaysia,” she said. The 28-member bloc had said that the cultivation of the crop had led to deforestation and climate change. However, Malaysia refuted the claims, calling it misleading and economically detrimental to the industry, especially to some 650,000 oil palm smallholders in the country.Data from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board showed that the country exported a total of 1.91 million tonnes of palm oil to the EU in 2018, down by four per cent from 1.99 million tonnes recorded in 2017.
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