RI, Timor Leste sign border deal

RI, Timor Leste sign border deal

JAKARTA: The governments of Indonesia and Timor Leste have agreed
that neither country should use the land around disputed borders
at present to avoid possible clashes among people living in the
areas, an official said on Friday.

Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Yuri Thamrin
said the agreement was reached on Oct. 11 by the negotiating
teams of the two countries at a bilateral meeting.

"Under the agreement, citizens both from Indonesia and Timor
Leste are not allowed to enter the (unresolved) areas," Yuri
said.

He said that a recent clash involving people living near the
border occurred in an area that had not yet been surveyed.

According to a provisional agreement on the land boundary
between Indonesia and Timor Leste signed on April 2005, the two
countries' unresolved borders include three kilometers in
Manusasi area and four kilometers in Noei Besi. Meanwhile, about
20 kilometers of the Subina border area has not been surveyed
yet.

Yuri said that the two teams would hold further discussions on
the matter on Nov 2. -- JP