In December, Indonesia decided to send samples of coconuts, eggs and curry instant noodles by sea from Aceh to India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The following month, the order came for 60 tonnes of coconuts from the tourist islands, which are only 75 nautical miles from the Indonesian province at the northern tip of Sumatra.
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