Malaysian Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Salahuddin Ayub (R) and Indonesia’s Marine and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti (Source: http://bernama.com)Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysian Minister ofAgriculture and Agro-Based Industry Salahuddin Ayub and Indonesia’s Marine andFisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti have discussed issues related to fisheriesand illegal fishing in the waters of both countries.
At the meeting on July 10, the two sides agreed to issue ajoint communique to strengthen cooperation in the field of fisheries.
The Malaysian side affirmed that it is ready to work withits Indonesian counterpart to address fishery issues and encroachment of watersby fishermen.
Salahuddin said that the two sides would discuss furthermatters relating to fisheries and the result of the discussions would bebrought to the Cabinet for a decision.
"We talked about this issue long and hard and we mustensure that illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) do not occur inMalaysian waters as well as no Malaysian vessels encroach on the waters of anycountry," he said.
Meanwhile, Susi said that her visit is to seek cooperationfrom the Ministry of Agriculture of Malaysia to jointly combat illegal fishingwhile maintaining fishery resources and protecting the ocean resources.
She added that her meeting with Salahuddin will have apositive impact on fostering ties between the two countries while finding goodsolutions to the fishery issues discussed by both parties.-VNA
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