The
Philippines and Indonesia have resolved their overlapping
boundaries in a resource-rich part of the Pacific Ocean
after two decades of negotiations, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on
Monday.
Philippine
Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario and Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty
Natalegawa will be signing soon the “Agreement between the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Indonesia
Concerning the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone Boundary” in the Mindanao Sea
and Celebes Sea following the conclusion of
talks that began in 1994.
The
charts illustrating the EEZ boundary were signed in Jakarta on May 18 for the
Philippines by Dr. Peter N. Tiangco, Administrator, National Mapping and
Resources Information Authority (NAMRIA) and Capt. Jacinto Cablayan, Director,
Hydrography Branch, NAMRIA, and for Indonesia by Mr. Asep Karsidi, Head of the
Indonesian Geospatial Information Agency and Cdr. Dede Yuliadi, Chief
Hydrographer, Hydro-Oceanographic Office, Indonesian Navy.
An
EEZ is a 200-nautical mile area of jurisdiction mandated by the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Foreign
Undersecretary Evan Garcia, in his opening remarks at the conclusion of the
talks in Jakarta on Sunday, said the new deal
with Indonesia “attests to
the friendship, patience, goodwill and commitment of the governments of the Philippines and Indonesia
“This
is a significant contribution to, and an example of, reasonable efforts to
build a stable and peaceful regional community, in consideration of the
interests of countries concerned and in accordance with international law,” he
noted.
Garcia
said a clearly defined maritime boundary would promote more cooperation and
advance both nations’ common interest of managing and preserving the resources
in the EEZ.
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