REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LONDON -- Indonesia is continuing its discourse on palm oil with the European Parliament, the European Commission, and the European Council ahead of the trilogue negotiations on renewable energy in February. To maximize political pressure on the European Parliament, the Indonesian embassy in Brussels has built an alliance with the embassies of palm oil-producing countries.

"Among others Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, the Honduras, Colombia, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Thailand and Malaysia," embassy economic function official Andi Sparingga told Antara here on Friday.

He revealed that a joint letter from the heads of palm oil-producing countries' missions has been sent to the European Parliament as a form of "protest." The European Parliament has approved a resolution in a plenary session on a proposal report as a reference for the European Parliament and the European Council regarding the promotion of the use of renewable energy sources, with 492 votes supporting, 88 rejecting, 107 abstaining, and 64 not casting votes/absent, on Thursday.

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