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Foreign minister says water price dispute with Singapore not about profit but fairness

Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah speaks during an interview in Putrajaya April 22, 2019. — Picture by Mukhriz Hazim

He also said international arbitration would be a last resort if the two countries cannot achieve this on their own. “In the event we make no progress, then the possibility of arbitration arises. But we are not there yet,” he said during a joint interview yesterday ahead of Pakatan Harapan’s first anniversary in power.

 

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