• 3 months ago
Malaysia and Brunei are negotiating to finalise an agreement or a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding land border demarcation between the two countries covering a distance of 528.45km.

Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said for the time being, marking and measurement works in the field have been successfully carried out by both countries covering 175.96 km or 33.3% of the entire border distance.

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00:00Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
00:04I would like to ask about the land and sea agreement between Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei.
00:11Your Excellency, as far as I know,
00:15we have signed an agreement or a MOU on the land borders between Malaysia and neighboring countries.
00:25There are 33 agreements or MOUs,
00:28and 9 maritime treaties with neighboring countries.
00:36As for the borders between Malaysia and Indonesia,
00:39the distance that has been established is 1,943.2 km,
00:47which is 94.2 of 2,064 km through a total of 22 MOU agreements.
00:58Meanwhile, for the latest maritime borders,
01:01the two countries have signed the Treaty of Melaka and the Treaty of Sulawesi
01:08on 8 June 2023 in Putrajaya.
01:11These treaties will be enforced and implemented fully after both parties complete their internal processes.
01:23For the land borders involving Malaysia and Brunei,
01:28which cover a distance of 528.45 km,
01:35the two countries are in the process of negotiating to complete an agreement or a MOU.
01:42For now, the marking and measuring work on the land has been successfully carried out by the two countries
01:50covering a distance of 175.96 km or 33.3% of the total distance.
02:02Both parties are trying to resolve the issue of the agreement
02:06in accordance with the agreed time line, which is by 2034.
02:13Malaysia will continue to negotiate with Indonesia and Brunei and Russia
02:19through the two-way mechanisms available to end land and maritime borders.
02:27Thank you.
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