KUCHING: Malaysia will finalise the negotiations with Thailand to become a member of the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) after Thailand completes its general election, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.
Fadillah who is also Plantation and Commodities Minister said, to date, Malaysia and Indonesia had agreed to join CPOPC which is aimed at voicing out trade restriction issues that have been discriminated against oil palm and rubber producers to the Asean level.
“The date to go to Thailand to discuss this matter has not been determined yet as it is more appropriate to wait for the completion of the general election…if there is a change (in government), (we are) worried that it would not finalise what we had negotiated,” he told the media after the ‘Juh Bekpes’ programme with youths here, today.
On Feb 28, 2023, Fadillah invited Thailand to…
