JAKARTA, Oct 13 — Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto and his Malaysian counterpart Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan have expressed their commitment to completely resolving the...
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan and his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto met in Jakarta yesterday. — Picture via Facebook/Dato’ Seri Utama Haji Mohamad Bin Haji HasanJAKARTA, Oct 13 — Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto and his Malaysian counterpart Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan have expressed their commitment to completely resolving the border dispute between the two nations, including the Ambalat Block, reported Antara news agency.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim also conveyed their commitment to resolving the border problem when the two met in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on June 8, 2023.Widodo and Ibrahim said Indonesia and Malaysia had negotiated on their state boundaries in the southern Malacca Strait and the Sulawesi Sea; meanwhile, for the land borders in Sebatik and Sinapad, both expressed the hope that the negotiations would be completed soon.
The Ambalat Block is a sea block covering an area of 15,235 square kilometres. It is located in the Sulawesi Sea or Makassar Strait and borders Malaysian waters.Based on reports from Malaysian media, including the Malaysian News Agency Bernama, Malaysian officials said the maritime boundary agreement between Indonesia and Malaysia in the Sulawesi Sea does not include the Ambalat Block, which Malaysia refers to as Blocks ND6 and ND7.
Under the 1982 UNCLOS, each country has full sovereignty over waters as far as 200 nautical miles from its EEZ coastal baseline along with its seabed , which is more than 200 nautical miles away.
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