Indonesia, Malaysia’s Territorial Sea Agreement MoU

NUSA DUA-Indonesia with MICOM: Government of Malaysia do signatories of the memorandum of understanding, or MoU of keamananteritorial sea at Nusa Dua, Bali, Friday (27/1).
The deal as an attempt to further improve the relations of cooperation in the field of security and safety at sea, i.e. by doing a signing of understanding together about general guidelines.
The head of the implementing Agency for the coordination of maritime security Daily (Bakorkamla) Vice Admiral TNI Heru Purnomo Y Students act as a representative of the Republic of Indonesia, and Malaysia by State Safety Council Secretary Dato Muhamed Thajudeen Abdul Wahab.
Signatories of the agreement was witnessed by the Coordinating Minister for political, legal and security (Menkopolhukam) Djoko Suyanto as Chairman of the Bakorkamla, and of the Government of Malaysia that Ministers in Prime Minister Dato Seri Nazri Bin Muhamed Abdul Aziz.
General guidelines are in essence does not discuss policy or legal level of the sea regime, but rather on the issue of tactical operations in the field or by the security apparatus of sea between the two sides of problems occurred in the encyclopedia of Indonesia with Malaysia.
The purpose of the agreement was to improve the comfort and welfare of fishermen in the two countries in the territorial waters of that during the time not yet determined its limits.
In addition to also improve cooperation between the authority of the Security Coordinator. In this case Indonesia is Bakorkamla RI and Amplifier control of Malaysia’s Maritime Agency (APMM) as an attempt to reduce the presence of arrests fishing boats in the territorial or local law.
On occasion, Djoko Suyanto said, if fishing boats get caught being in maritime zones, inter alia in the Celebes Sea and the sea border is now being done Singapore negotiations, both parties will not be able to wear the legally sanctioned or meproses.
“In the area of the sea that is now being conducted the negotiations there is no legally sanctioned. Because it refers to this memorandum of understanding on mutual cooperation will do. During this already goes well needs to be improved again, “he said. (Ant/OL-2)