Malaysia-Indonesia maritime treaty: One step forward, never a step back

Jokowi taking a selfie with people welcoming him to Kuala Lumpur recently. — Presidential Secretariat/The Jakarta Post/ANN

AFTER almost two decades of negotiations, Indonesia and Malaysia finally reached an agreement on maritime delimitation in the southern portion of the Strait of Malacca toward the Singapore Strait and the territorial sea boundary in the Sulawesi Sea last month.

This deal was part of a number of agreements signed by the two countries during President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s visit to Malaysia on June 8.