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Indonesia is the largest archipelagic State in the world, comprising over 17,000 islands. It shares maritime boundaries with ten States. Indonesia has now agreed or partially agreed on maritime boundaries with Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, Singapore, India, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam and the Philippines. Of these, Timor-Leste and Palau are the only countries with whom Indonesia is yet to reach any maritime boundary agreement and it has started discussions with both.
The leaders of Timor-Leste and Indonesia agreed in August 2015 to renewed and wider discussions, covering both maritime and land boundaries. Timor-Leste commenced talks with Indonesia to permanently delimit maritime boundaries in September 2015. The small fraction of the land boundary that is unsettled will be finalised shortly.
The leaders of Timor-Leste and Indonesia agreed in August 2015 to renewed and wider discussions, covering both maritime and land boundaries. Timor-Leste commenced talks with Indonesia to permanently delimit maritime boundaries in September 2015. The small fraction of the land boundary that is unsettled will be finalised shortly.
Preliminary technical meetings between Timor-Leste and Indonesia were held in late 2018 in Bali and in early 2019 in Singapore. However, the COVID-19 global pandemic has made it challenging to hold formal discussions which will now proceed when the situation permits.
Chief Negotiator, H.E. Xanana Gusmão, is leading the negotiations on behalf of Timor-Leste. The technical meetings to date have built a strong foundation of shared principles and joint technical work, in preparation for commencing formal negotiations.
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GFM is the acronym for “Gabinete das Fronteiras Marítimas”, which is the Portuguese translation of Maritime Boundary Office.