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SECURITY AND BORDER ISSUES: Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen.
Endriartono Sutarto (left) shakes hands with Malaysian Minister
of Defense Sri Mohammad Najib Razak at the end of the two
countries' talks on the border here on Monday. The Malaysia-
Indonesia General Border Committee agreed that the two countries
would review security arrangements on the border to deal with the
common threat of terrorism. Indonesia also proposed that both
countries discuss the maritime border after the International
Court of Justice awarded on Dec. 17 the Sipadan and Ligitan
islands in the Sulawesi sea to Malaysia. Indonesia insisted that
the border be determined three miles from the furthest point of
Indonesia's Sebatik island in East Kalimantan, while Malaysia
said that Kuala Lumpur had yet to decide anything on the matter.