We want to ensure that we can achieve a smooth supply of cooking oil togetherJakarta (ANTARA) - Trade Minister Muhammad Lutfi is striving to intensify coordination with local governments to ensure the smooth supply of cooking oil to the regions.
"We want to ensure that we can achieve a smooth supply of cooking oil together. Coordination with the regional trade services is very important to ensure this effort is undertaken properly," Lutfi noted in a statement received here, Friday.
The minister conveyed the statement while chairing a coordination meeting with the Lampung Provincial Trade Service and district and city offices in charge of trade across the Lampung Province at the Lampung Governor's Hall.
Lutfi urged the participants to immediately contact him in the event of problems arising during the procurement and distribution of cooking oil.
"I am optimistic that their cooperation would ensure the availability of cooking oil to the community," he noted.
To this end, Lutfi called for forging and maintaining intensive communication between the Ministry of Trade and local governments, in order to promptly address the problem of distribution of cooking oil.
At the coordination meeting, Lutfi was accompanied by Director-General of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Trade, Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana. Lampung Governor Arinal Djunaidi was also present at the meeting.
At the coordination meeting, Lutfi urged the regional trade services to report on developments pertaining to the supply of cooking oil in their area, including in the event of any distribution problems.
Lutfi also echoed the ministry's readiness to deliver cooking oil supplies to areas reeling from cooking oil shortages.
Before chairing the coordination meeting, Lutfi paid a visit to the Pasir Gintung Market in Bandar Lampung, Lampung Province.
Lutfi has vowed to ensure the distribution of cooking oil until it reaches markets in Lampung Province.
"I ensure that the distribution of cooking oil will reach the market quickly, so that community activities can run normally, not only in Bandar Lampung but also in all districts and cities throughout Lampung Province," he addresses.
After chairing a coordination meeting in Lampung, Lutfi will continue his working visit to Padang, West Sumatra.
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Translator: Sella Panduarsa G, Resinta S
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