Negotiations over maritime border dispute ongoing


NO conclusive agreement has been reached with Indonesia over a maritime border dispute involving two islands in the Sulawesi Sea, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Although the International Court of Justice had decided in 2002 that Ligitan and Sipadan islands belonged to Malaysia, he said there were still disputes over the maritime borders at Blocks ND6 and ND7 due to conflicting inter-tidal claims.  

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