Indonesia, Feb. 27 -- The Ministry of Agriculture is reinforcing animal health standards and biosecurity oversight following Saudi Arabia's policy of restricting poultry imports from several supplier countries, including Indonesia.

The ministry's Director General of Animal Husbandry and Animal Health, Agung Suganda, said the sanitary restriction is an opportunity to strengthen Indonesia's position in the global trade of livestock products.

"Strengthening the animal health system is the main foundation of international market confidence. Therefore, we are ensuring that biosecurity, disease surveillance, and the implementation of zoning and compartments are carried out as national standards," he remarked on Friday.

Earlier, as a precauti...