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Thu, 03/19/2009 - 12:30
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CLAIMS ON LIMBANG NOT DISCUSSED, SAYS BRUNEI FOREIGN MINISTER
MIRI (Malaysia), March 19 (Bernama) -- Brunei's Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Lim Jock Seng has denied that claims on Limbang were discussed during the meeting between Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Speaking at the Brunei legislative council meeting on Tuesday, he said the
discussion that led to the signing of the Letters of Exchange (LoE) in Bandar
Seri Begawan on Monday was on the demarcation of land boundaries on the whole.
"Certain press reports yesterday (Monday) claimed that Brunei has dropped
claims over Limbang. In fact, the claim on Limbang was never discussed," he was
reported as saying by Brunei's local daily, Borneo Bulletin, Wednesday.
He said a joint press statement was issued after the meeting which
mentioned that the demarcation of the land boundaries between the two countries
would be resolved on the basis of five existing historical agreements between
the Government of Brunei and the East Malaysia State of Sarawak, and, as
appropriate, the
watershed principle.
"After that, a working group comprising general surveyors of the two
countries will follow with the technical aspect to solve the land border issue,"
Lim added.
Abdullah, at a news conference with Malaysian journalists after the signing
of the LoE on Monday, said that Brunei had officially dropped its
long-standing territorial claim over Limbang, Sarawak's northern-most division.
He said the matter was part of the historic LoE inked between him and Sultan
Hassanal Bolkiah at Istana Nurul Iman in Bandar Seri Begawan.
"It has been stated in the LoE that Brunei has dropped the issue and this
means that Limbang is part of Malaysia," he was quoted as saying.
Limbang, located on the banks of Sungai Limbang between the two halves of
Brun ei and covering an area of 3,978 sq km with a population of more than
40,000, was annexed by James Brooke, the first Rajah of Sarawak, in 1890 as the
fifth division of Sarawak.
-- BERNAMA
Speaking at the Brunei legislative council meeting on Tuesday, he said the
discussion that led to the signing of the Letters of Exchange (LoE) in Bandar
Seri Begawan on Monday was on the demarcation of land boundaries on the whole.
"Certain press reports yesterday (Monday) claimed that Brunei has dropped
claims over Limbang. In fact, the claim on Limbang was never discussed," he was
reported as saying by Brunei's local daily, Borneo Bulletin, Wednesday.
He said a joint press statement was issued after the meeting which
mentioned that the demarcation of the land boundaries between the two countries
would be resolved on the basis of five existing historical agreements between
the Government of Brunei and the East Malaysia State of Sarawak, and, as
appropriate, the
watershed principle.
"After that, a working group comprising general surveyors of the two
countries will follow with the technical aspect to solve the land border issue,"
Lim added.
Abdullah, at a news conference with Malaysian journalists after the signing
of the LoE on Monday, said that Brunei had officially dropped its
long-standing territorial claim over Limbang, Sarawak's northern-most division.
He said the matter was part of the historic LoE inked between him and Sultan
Hassanal Bolkiah at Istana Nurul Iman in Bandar Seri Begawan.
"It has been stated in the LoE that Brunei has dropped the issue and this
means that Limbang is part of Malaysia," he was quoted as saying.
Limbang, located on the banks of Sungai Limbang between the two halves of
Brun ei and covering an area of 3,978 sq km with a population of more than
40,000, was annexed by James Brooke, the first Rajah of Sarawak, in 1890 as the
fifth division of Sarawak.
-- BERNAMA
