RI, Malaysia on border talks

RI, Malaysia on border talks

DENPASAR, Bali: Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed on the delineation of some 39.33 kilometers of their common border in the northern part of Kalimantan.

Suryatna Soebrata, the secretary general of the Ministry of Home Affairs who headed the Indonesian delegation to the border talks, said that 20.9 km of the new border lines were between East Kalimantan and Sabah, while the other 18.43 km were between West Kalimantan and Sarawak, Antara reported.

The agreement was reached after three days of talks which began on Jan. 23.

Suryatna said Indonesia and Malaysia had delineated about 40 percent of the estimated 1,480 kms of their common border in Kalimantan since the negotiations began in 1975. (emb)