Brothers in arms

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (left) and President Joko Widodo attend an honor-guard ceremony at the presidential palace in Bogor, West Java, on Jan 9, 2023. - AFP This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title "Stronger relationships between Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey can promote world peace". Click to read: https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2023/01/20/stronger-relationships-between-indonesia-malaysia-and-turkey-can-promote-world-peace.html. Download The Jakarta Post app for easier and faster news access: Android: http://bit.ly/tjp-android iOS: http://bit.ly/tjp-ios

For many years palm oil has been the victim of negative campaigning, especially in Europe and the United States. Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta have agreed to join forces to fight this but it remains to be seen what their actual plan is.

THE fight is real. At least for palm oil, that precious commodity export from Malaysia.