Duterte, Widodo sign treaty on maritime security

From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Sep 9): Duterte, Widodo sign treaty on maritime security



President Rodrigo Duterte and Indonesia President Joko Widodo release a joint statement at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on Sept. 9. GIL CABACUNGAN
President Rodrigo Duterte and Indonesia President Joko Widodo on Friday signed a treaty which would allow Indonesia to chase and blast pirates inside Philippine seas.

Duterte had asked for Widodo’s help and sought a note verbale to address piracy in the high seas.

The President is in Indonesia for a working visit following his attendance to the Asean summit in Vientiane, Laos.

 

Last month, a group of armed men abducted an Indonesian sailor in the Sulu Sea while in June, Abu Sayyaf militants seized seven crew men of an Indonesian boat.

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