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Monday 15 Jun 2015 - 17:50 Makkah mean time-28-8-1436
South China Sea (Google image)
Kuala Lumpur (IINA) – Malaysia and the other ASEAN member nations do not recognize China's duplicating claims in the South China Sea as they are not in line with the provisions of international law, BERNAMA reported.
Deputy Foreign Minister Hamzah Zainuddin said the claims based on the "nine-dash line" were also not in line with the UN Convention on the Law of The Sea 1982.
"With regard to the duplicating claims in the South China Sea involving Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, the Philippines and China, there has been no negotiation so far," he said at the Dewan Rakyat sitting, here today.
Hamzah said the government gave special focus on the boundary issue as it could give a negative impact on bilateral relations if they were not handled properly.
"Malaysia's stand is that the boundary issue must be resolved peacefully through negotiations based on international law," he said.
"Referring to a third party such as the Internal Court of Justice (ICJ) or the Arbitration Tribunal would be the last resort in reaching a solution," he added.
For the land boundary, he said, there were still areas whose boundaries had yet to be decided and negotiations to determine the boundary were going on with Brunei, Indonesia and Thailand.
With regard to the maritime boundary, Hamzah said Malaysia had duplicating claims on the maritime areas with Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore.
"Malaysia and Indonesia are negotiating on the maritime boundary in the South China Sea in Sulawesi, that is the southernmost area in the Melaka Straits and Singapore Straits," Hamzah said.
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