LAHORE: Indonesia will import halal meat and citrus from Pakistan instead of Australia and other non-Muslim countries.
This was stated by Indonesian Ambassador Lwan Suyudhie Amri during a meeting with Punjab Halal Development Agency (PHDA) officials.
On the occasion, the ambassador said that currently Indonesia is importing meat mainly from Australia which is non-Muslim country and they wish to import form halal country like Pakistan. He further said that Indonesia Embassy will try to breech all the missing links in this regard, and they will also arrange business to business meetings with relevant stakeholders.
The Indonesian envoy also invited Pakistani meat and citrus business entities to visit Indonesia to attend an expo to be held in October this year where they will officially organide business meetings with relevant stakeholders.
While talking to the delegation headed by the Indonesia Ambassador, PHDA Chairman Justice Khalil-u-Rehman Khan said, “Indonesia is our Muslim brother country and it is matter of proud for us to facilitate him in all fields.” He further said that Indonesia may share their meat standards with us and we will provide standards compliant meat to them.
Kinnow export was also discussed in the meeting and Ambassador was agreed to discuss with the relevant stakeholder to increase the volume of kinnow import form Pakistan uninterrupted.
