PUTRAJAYA: Malaysian and Indonesian leaders have decided to hold urgent talks in an effort to resolve a brewing dispute over overlapping claims of oil-rich areas in the Sulawesi Sea.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono spoke for 10 minutes on the matter over the telephone yesterday morning. Abdullah told reporters that the talks were to prevent any untoward incident from flaring up, which could disrupt relations between the two countries.
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