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Does Indonesia have excessive maritime claim beyond Unclos?: Jakarta Post contributor

The writer says it would be better for Indonesia and US to settle the issue at the negotiation table to avoid a further escalation of the dispute.

People fish from a break wall in Cilacap, in Central Java, on March 8, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS
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JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Early this month, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) released its report to the Congress on the Annual Freedom of Navigation for the fiscal year of 2021.

Even though the US Freedom of Navigation (FON) program in Asia mainly focuses on China and the South China Sea, some South-east Asian countries have been targeted as well, including Indonesia and in particular due to its archipelagic waters.

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