Kupang (Antara Bali) - The recent agreement reached by Indonesia and Timor Leste on the border demarcation between the two countries in Dilumil Memo area serves as a forward step they must follow up on soon, an international law observer said.
"The follow up action is important to give legal certainty and convenience to the peoples of the two nations living near the border demarcation as well as to prevent a horizontal conflict that may happen any time and disrupt the bilateral relations," Wilhelmus Wetan Songa, SH.MHum of Nusa Cendana University in Kupang said on Saturday.
He was responding to an agreement reached at a bilateral meeting between the two countries at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on Friday when Timor Leste President Taur Matan Ruak paid a state visit.
Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa told the press following the meeting that Indonesia and Timor Leste have reached an agreement on the border demarcation between the two countries at Dilumil Memo. (M038)
