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Putin laughs off proposal to export pork to Indonesia
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (2nd left) and Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev (left) attend a meeting with heads of German companies, with Chairman of the Management Board of METRO AG Olaf Koch (2nd R) seen nearby, in Sochi on October 12, 2017. (Agence France -Presse/Maxim Semetov)
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ussian President Vladimir Putin could not help laughing when one of his cabinet ministers proposed the country's meat producers to export pork to Indonesia, a Muslim majority country.
News channel Al Arabiya English reported that Putin burst into laughter after Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev mentioned exporting pork to Indonesia.
In a video posted on the news outlet's website, Putin first chuckled after Tkachev proposed a plan to boost the export of meats and gave Germany as an example in terms of exporting pork to some countries like Japan, China and Indonesia.
Putin is scheduled to visit Indonesia next year.
WATCH: #Putin bursts into laughter after ‘pork exports to Indonesia’ joke https://t.co/Md32jyQNbK pic.twitter.com/JM6tiyYYlk
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) October 15, 2017
Putin clarified to Tkachev that Indonesia is a Muslim country and its people do not eat pork. The minister insisted and replied “they will.”
Putin then said: “No, they will not,” before bursting into laughter.
Tkachev then smiled and clarified that he meant South Korea and not Indonesia.
