JAKARTA, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- The Indonesian and Malaysian navies have agreed to minimize mutual violations of their sea boundaries, especially in Sulawesi waters, Antara news agency reported.
"We have agreed and understand the rules that have been made by the two parties with regard to procedures for conducting patrols in the two countries' sea borders," Indonesian navy chief of staff Admiral Agus Suharto said here.
When asked by ANTARA regarding the result of his courtesy call on Malaysian navy chief Admiral Abdul Aziz Jafar last week he said the two parties had agreed to conduct patrol in their respective sea borders.
"So in case a sea border dispute occurs including in the Sulawesi waters we will refer it to the government to settle. We, the two countries' navies, will safeguard and patrol in our own regions in line with the standing procedures already agreed," Agus said.
Until now the Indonesian embassy has facilitated 13 rounds of talks on the Indonesia-Malaysia maritime border since 2005 with regard to delimiting four segments of the maritime border namely in Sulawesi waters, the Malacca Strait, the South China sea and the Singapore Strait.
In the Malacca Strait Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore have conducted patrol cooperation under the Malsindo (Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia) program and a joint Eye in the Sky air patrol.
Indonesia and Malaysia however have not reached an agreement regarding the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) border line in the northern part of the Malacca Strait and in the South China sea.
In the Sulawesi waters the two countries also have not yet agreed with regard to continental shelf, territorial and EEZ borders.
Delimitation of sea territorial segments has been prioritized because it is the main requirement for discussing the continental shelf and EEZ segments.
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