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Indonesia, Malaysia to continue talks on border issues in May
www.chinaview.cn 2005-03-23 17:31:08

    JAKARTA, March 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Indonesia and Malaysia will continue their talks on the disputed border in the Sulawesi Sea in May, as an ongoing two-day technical meeting in the Bali Island has not produced any decision yet, Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirajuda said here Wednesday.

    "I ensured that the ongoing meeting won't settle the problem today and it will be another meeting to be held in Malaysia," saidWirajuda.

    Regular meetings are needed to settle the problem, based on his previous meeting with his Malaysian counterpart Syed Ahmad Albar, he said.

    The minister stressed that Indonesia still insists on its stand that Ambalat block be included in Indonesian territory.

    "We are now building a light house (in the territory) and we will continue it," Wirajuda added.

    Tensions rose between the two countries since Malaysia's state oil company Petronas granted energy giant Shell a concession in the area, known as Block XYZ by the Malaysians or Ambalat Block by the Indonesians, on February 16.

    Indonesia says the area is part of its territorial waters and some of the concession granted by Malaysia overlaps with one granted by the Indonesian government to Italy's ENI and the US company Unocal in the 1960s. Enditem

    

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