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RI, MALAYSIA TO RESUME TALKS ON AMBALAT
Jakarta, June 13 (ANTARA) - Negotiators from Indonesia and Malaysia are planning to hold their 14th meeting in Malaysia next month to discuss the disputed Ambalat Block in the Sulawesi Sea, a foreign ministry spokesman said.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Teuku Fizasyah said here on Friday the exact date for the 14th meeting in July had not yet been fixed. "We are still waiting for word on the exact date of the planned meeting ," he added.
He said the Sulawesi Sea was part of Indonesian territory and the Ambalat Block was located in this sea so it was an area subject to Indonesian sovereignty based on the international law of the seas.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman said even though Malaysia had laid a claim to the Ambalat Block, the area belonged to Indonesia based on articles in the UN Conventions on the Law of The Seas (UNCLOS).
He said based on the law the boundary lines and sovereignty of a state are about 200 miles from its beach lines. "We should know that the Ambalat Block is only about 80 miles from an Indonensian beach," he said.
Faizasyah said Indonesia would not take the case to an international court to settle it. "We will settle the issue through bilateral talks," he added.
He said for Indonesia there would be no problems with regard to the place of the negotiations. "So far, the place of the negotiations has always been held alternately r in Malaysia and Indonesia, like in 2008 when it was held in Balikpapan (Kalimantan, Indonesia).
Indonesia is not pessimistic about the effectiveness of negotiations although the n process would take a long time.
"Like the case of our negotiations with Vietnam, it took 30 years but it did not create turmoil because we discussed it in a good way," he said.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Teuku Fizasyah said here on Friday the exact date for the 14th meeting in July had not yet been fixed. "We are still waiting for word on the exact date of the planned meeting ," he added.
He said the Sulawesi Sea was part of Indonesian territory and the Ambalat Block was located in this sea so it was an area subject to Indonesian sovereignty based on the international law of the seas.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman said even though Malaysia had laid a claim to the Ambalat Block, the area belonged to Indonesia based on articles in the UN Conventions on the Law of The Seas (UNCLOS).
He said based on the law the boundary lines and sovereignty of a state are about 200 miles from its beach lines. "We should know that the Ambalat Block is only about 80 miles from an Indonensian beach," he said.
Faizasyah said Indonesia would not take the case to an international court to settle it. "We will settle the issue through bilateral talks," he added.
He said for Indonesia there would be no problems with regard to the place of the negotiations. "So far, the place of the negotiations has always been held alternately r in Malaysia and Indonesia, like in 2008 when it was held in Balikpapan (Kalimantan, Indonesia).
Indonesia is not pessimistic about the effectiveness of negotiations although the n process would take a long time.
"Like the case of our negotiations with Vietnam, it took 30 years but it did not create turmoil because we discussed it in a good way," he said.
