Malaysia’s KDN Studying International Model to Tackle Encroachment by Vietnamese Fishermen

PORT KLANG (Selangor, Malaysia), March 12 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s Home Ministry (KDN) is looking into an international cooperation model involving the exploration of seafood products as part of efforts to tackle the encroachment of Vietnamese fishermen in Malaysian waters.
 
Its Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the initiative stemmed from a recent meeting between Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the Vietnamese president, where both leaders agreed on a win-win approach to resolving the issue.
 
He said one of the cooperation models being studied was the European Union-Morocco model to curb the influx of Vietnamese deep-sea fishermen into the country’s territorial waters.
 
“Spain is among the countries benefiting from the agreement. So that is one of the models we are studying, particularly in terms of laws, regulations, joint operations, and related aspects,” he said at a press conference.
 
Saifuddin Nasution said the issue was also being jointly assessed with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, which is leading efforts to resolve the issue.
 
-- BERNAMA