Recasts
Recasts
KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 (Reuters) – Malaysia has set itself a goal of a month inside which to resolve its commerce dispute with India over palm oil, the southeast Asian nation’s new commodities minister mentioned on Wednesday.
The deadline follows this week’s swearing-in of a brand new Malaysian cupboard after Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin took workplace final month.
“One of many first strikes for the brand new authorities is to rebuild the connection with India, particularly for the palm oil subject,” Commodities Minister Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali informed reporters after the primary assembly of the brand new cupboard.
India, the largest purchaser of Malaysian palm oil for 5 years, put curbs in January on purchases, in retaliation for then prime minister Mahathir Mohamad’s criticism of its coverage on the Himalayan area of Kashmir and a brand new citizenship regulation.
Mohd Khairuddin mentioned he needed to ship a delegation to India as quickly as doable within the effort to…