JAKARTA, July 23 — Malaysia and Indonesia have agreed unanimously to resolve the issue pertaining to the delineation of borders of both countries.
Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, in a joint media conference today, were committed on resolving the issue that would be a priority of both countries.
“The issue related to this delineation (certain boundary areas at sea and on land), we will expedite in resolving them one by one, said Saifuddin, who is on a three-day working visit to I ndonesia since Saturday.
He was confident the close ties between the two countries would facilitate in resolving any problems faced by the two countries.
“I and (ibu) Retno have also been constantly on whatsapps with each other,” said Saifuddin who was appointed to the ministerial post on July 2.
Meanwhile Retno said Indonesia was committed in further enhancing bilateral ties with the Pakatan Harapan government that won in the 14th General Election recently.
“We put a strong commitment to further cement ties with Malaysia,” she said.
Retno said in their bilateral discussions today, besides the delineation issue, they also discussed matters concerning the welfare of Indonesian workers in Malaysia as well as the issue on the palm oil industry that was currently under pressure from Europe.
“Malaysia and Indonesia produce 80 per cent of the world’s palm oil. Both countries are the largest producers and we will work together to counter the European attacks and are committed in jointly promoting palm oil products,” Saifuddin added. — Bernama
