Asia & Pacific
Amid mounting geopolitical turbulence, officials from Indonesia and the Netherlands said in a forum on Monday that safeguarding key international legal frameworks such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has become more critical and that the rights of archipelagic states cannot be ignored.
A Maritime and Security Agency (Bakamla) high-speed craft patrols on June 23, 2023, on Tanjung Uncang waters in Batam, Riau Islands.
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Amid mounting geopolitical turbulence, safeguarding key international legal frameworks such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) had become more critical, officials from Indonesia and the Netherlands said on Monday, underscoring that the rights of archipelagic states cannot be ignored.Dozens of diplomats, naval officers and practitioners convened in South Jakarta on Monday to discuss the evolving geopolitical landscape in the maritime domain, with a focus on the implementation of maritime law at a Dutch Embassy symposium titled “Upholding UNCLOS in Times of Crisis and Conflict”.
