Malaysia sends letter to France over declassification of palm oil as biodiesel feedstock


  • Business
  • Wednesday, 16 Jan 2019

A file photo of a worker collecting palm oil fruit at a factory in Sepang, on Feb 18, 2014. – Reuters

PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): Malaysia has handed over a letter to France explaining its position on the French National Assembly's decision to declassify palm oil as biodiesel feedstock in the country.

Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said the letter from Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to French President Emmanuel Macron was handed over to the French Ambassador in Kuala Lumpur on Monday (Jan 14).

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