Indonesia: African countries begin to eye the palm oil industry

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (Menlu RI), Retno Marsudi, revealed that African countries that visited President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) began to show interest in the palm oil industry by increasing their capacity. ADVERTISEMENT "During the President's meeting, what was often requested was increased capacity in the field of, for example, palm oil," said Retno in a press conference on the sidelines of the High-Level Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Forum (HLF MSP) and the 2nd Indonesia-Africa Forum (IAF) in Badung, Bali, Monday, (2/9/2024). In fact, Retno said that several countries from the African region had shown their desire to join the CPOPC (Committee of Palm Oil Producing Countries). "CPOPC is an association of palm oil producers, with several member countries," said Retno. In addition to expressing a request for cooperation in increasing capacity in the palm oil sector, Retno also said that there were several requests for cooperation that were made ...