Indonesia Says to Continue Talks With Malaysia Over Disputed Sea

Indonesia will continue diplomatic talks with Malaysia over the oil-rich blocks in disputed waters instead of pursuing legal action, according to a senior official.

“There’s a territorial border between Germany and the Dutch that hasn’t been settled in 300 years. If the Dutch and the Germans couldn’t finish in 300 years, why should we finish in 10?,” Indonesia Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Arif Havas Oegroseno said in an interview on Friday. If the talks between the Southeast Asian nations “take a long time, so be it.”