KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Haji Noor was given a  high-level briefing on the Sulawesi Sea Treaty signed on June 8 between Malaysia and  Indonesia. 

“Sabah is kept in the loop on the latest development and ongoing negotiations to  determine the border and areas in dispute within our maritime boundary.  

”Sabah will honour the Treaty, but we also want to ensure Sabah’s rights are intact and  all issues are resolved amicably (in the ongoing negotiation),” he said when chairing the  State Security Working Committee special meeting at Menara Kinabalu, near here  today. 

Hajiji said the Treaty between Malaysia and Indonesia Relating to the Delimitation of the  Territorial Seas of the Two Countries in the Sulawesi Sea signed on June 8 during the  visit of Indonesia President Joko Widodo to Malaysia had been hotly debated in the last  Parliament sitting. 

“It has been turned into a political issue and facts have been manipulated,” he said. 

The committee was briefed that the Sulawesi Sea Treaty only touched on the territorial  sea border off Sebatik Island, not the continental shelf and beyond the Exclusive  Economic Zone (EEZ). 

Briefing the State Security Working Committee were Federal Attorney General Foreign  Affairs Division head Alfian Yang Amri, Director General Maritime Affairs Department of  the Foreign Affairs Ministry Datin Paduka Nur Ashikin Mohd Taib and Survey and  Mapping Department Deputy Director Sr Powzy Mohd Som. 

Present were State Secretary Datuk Seri Panglima Sr Safar Untong, Federal State  Secretary Dato’ Makhzan Mahyuddin, Special Adviser to the Chief Minister (International  Relations) Senator Tan Sri Anifah Aman, Sabah Commissioner of Police Datuk Jauteh  Dikun, Fifth Division Commander Major General Datuk Abdul Rahman Wahab, and  Sabah Security Director Datuk Noor Alam Khan.  

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