Friday, May 23, 2014

Philippines, Indonesia sign agreements on sea boundaries, education, counter-terrorism

From the Philippine News Agency (May 23): Philippines, Indonesia sign agreements on sea boundaries, education, counter-terrorism

The Philippines and Indonesia on Friday signed agreements on sea boundaries, education and measures to combat terrorism.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived in Manila on Thursday for a two-day state visit and to attend the 23rd World Economic Forum on East Asia (WEF-EA).

The agreement on the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) boundary was signed by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and his Indonesian counterpart, Dr. R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa.

In a statement, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr said the agreement was the result of a rules-based negotiation between the Philippines and Indonesia to achieve an equitable delimitation of their overlapping EEZ in the Mindanao Sea, Celebes Sea and the Philippine Sea.

The memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the cooperation on higher education between the Philippine Commission on Higher Education and the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture was inked by Secretary del Rosario and Indonesian Education and Culture Minister, Professor Dr. Mohammad Nuh.

The signing of this MOU aims to promote cooperation, higher education, research and training for the mutual benefit of the Philippines and Indonesia, Coloma said.

The MOU on combating international terrorism between the Philippines’ Anti-Terrorism Council and Indonesia’s National Counter-Terrorism Agency was signed by National Security Adviser Cesar Garcia, Jr. and Indonesia's head of the National Counter-Terrorism Agency Ansyaad Mbay.

The agreement aims to enhance the counter-terrorism cooperation between the two countries’ security, defense, intelligence and law enforcement agencies.

President Benigno S. Aquino III and President Yudhoyono witnessed the signing of the three agreements.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=646608

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