Timor Leste plans to supply goats to Indonesia

The Timor Leste Democratic Republic (RDTL) government plans to cooperate with the Indonesian government by exporting goats and cows to help to fulfill the latter's need of meat during Idul Fitri and Idul Adha.

RDTL Husbandry Affairs Junior Minister Valentino Varela said as quoted by Antara in Kupang on Wednesday that the export plan needed to be discussed further with the Indonesian government.

Valentino said that there were around 3 million goats in Timor Leste that could be exported to Indonesia.

Other than deliberating a potential cooperation in meat trade, Valentino said that his visit to Indonesia was also to discuss a possibility to mitigate contagious disease among animals, particularly disease that occurred in the border region between Indonesia and Timor Leste.

The Jakarta Post, 
Jakarta - Wed, 05 June 2013