Thailand pushes for rice sale to Indonesia
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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul is pushing to sell 1 million tonnes to Indonesia under the memorandum of understanding signed in 2011.
After the meeting with Indonesia's Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, Surapong said that it is yet to finalise the type of rice, quantity and prices that would be sold to Indonesia.
Discussed during Natalegawa's official visit to Thailand were also bilateral and multilateral issues. They were also updated on the hosting of the next Thai-Indonesian Joint Commission, following a long absence.
Indonesia also thanked Thailand for is coordination to diffuse the regional conflict on South China Sea.
