InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – In the bilateral meeting between President of European Union (EU) Commission, Ursula von der Leyen at Hotel Grand Prince, Sunday (21/5/2023), President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) claimed objectin to the new regulation published in the continent.

Minister of External Affairs, Retno Marsudi said that President Jokowi in the meeting to that Indonesia and Malaysia would officially protest in this very short by sending representatives to the office of EU Administration office in Brussels, Belgium.

“President Jokowi told President of EU Commission that Indonesia and Malaysia would do the same mission to Brussels to deliver data so that EU would understand the situation in Indonesia now and would not publish harmful policy,” Retno said, as in the virtual statement, Monday (22/05/2023).

She thought Jokowi did not agree with the regulation that makes palm oil and other plantations not be sold in Europe. Jokowi thought, Indonesia succeeded to reduce deforestation numbers.

"Indonesia hopes that benchmarking should be transparent and objective. President also explained that deforestation in Indonesia in 2019-2020 decreased 75 percent. The data should be shown objectively,” she said.

Retno continued President Ursula promised to notice very fact and data delivered by Indonesia and Malaysia. (T2)