| Subject: Tempo: Indonesia and E Timor to
Discuss Maritime Borders
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Indonesia and East Timor to Discuss Maritime Borders Tuesday, 12 April,
2005 | 08:18 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The Indonesian and East Timorese governments
have signed a temporary agreement on land borders between the two
countries.
"Following the negotiation on land borders between the two
countries, we shall continue our negotiations regarding maritime
borders," Arief Havas Oegroseno, chairman of the Border Negotiation
Team, told TEMPO on Friday (08/04).
According to Oegroseno, the temporary agreement will cover 96 percent
of land borders and negotiations shall continue until the agreement covers
100 percent of land borders.
The three areas still to be discussed are the Besi, Manusasi and Memo
Rivers, all of which are located in Indonesian territory.
Previously, there were nine areas to be settled by both Indonesia and
East Timor.
These were inherited from colonial agreements made by Portugal and the
Netherlands regarding Indonesian and East Timor, and were marked by
stones, trees and other natural materials.
The maritime borders yet to be discussed include the southern maritime
border in the Timor Sea and the Sawu Sea in the north.
"The Timor Gap does not belong to Indonesia anymore," said
Oegroseno. (Yophiandi-Tempo News Room)
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