InfoSAWIT, Manila –Secretary of Foreign Affairs, RetnoMarsudi discussed about European Union Palm oil Resolution when having bilateral meeting with them.
The Resolution published on April 4th 2017 mentioned, palm oil plantation in Indonesia was the factor of deforestation and fire in the forest.
The resolution derived from the study result done by European Commission in 2013. The palm oil production from Indonesia reached about 6 millionhectaresfrom 239 hectares(2,5%) of the forest damages globally.
To the European Union, represented by High Commissioner, Federica Mogherini, Indonesia is in the same side with Malaysia for rejecting the resolution which was discussed in the ASEAN + Uni Eropa summit.
Retno also told, European Union seemed not to have the scientific data which Indonesia published. “I just warn that we are not in the same side,” Retno recently said in the press briefingas quoted from Liputan6.com.
She also mentioned, Indonesia does not agree and even does not like the Palm oil Resolution. “We do protest the resolution,” she emphasized.
She continued, Indonesia would be up - date the issue from the result of research done. In the past, in June, Badan Kerja Sama Antar Parlemen (BKSAP) Indonesian Legislators, asked for the delegation of European Parliament to review the result of Palm oil Resolution .
The Legislators told that when the European Parliament visited the hall of Indonesian Legislators.(T3)
