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Intisari-online.com – Australia can be of great use to Timor Leste in the fight for its independence.
Australia assisted Bumi Lorosae against Indonesia by providing military assistance.
However, Australia’s gimmicks also revealed that they, in fact, wanted something big from Timor Leste’s independence.
Nothing more than a maritime boundary that benefits Australia.
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The border issue is something that has been disputed by Dili and Canberra, for more than a decade, and has even been taken to the Permanent Court of Arbritase in The Hague, Holland.
In 2017, the maritime cancellation came after Timor Leste officially wanted to end the Maritime Right Agreement in the Timor Sea (CMATS).
The agreement divides the profits of the oil and gas supplies in the maritime area, as reported BBC.
The statement did not provide an exact date, but the two have agreed to negotiate a new permanent maritime boundary.
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Before the cancellation, it was very profitable for Australia, because the territory belonged to Timor Leste.
However, Australia’s actions to help Timor Leste break free from Indonesia put it into debt to the kangaroo country.
Timor Leste, which separated from Indonesia in 2002, signed a 2006 CMATS agreement with Australia.
The agreement covers the billion dollar Greater Sunrise gas plant located in the maritime region of both countries.
The agreement established the maritime boundaries of the two countries and lasted 50 years.
However, if the agreement is terminated, the two countries will have to renegotiate new permanent borders.
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Timor Leste is well aware that this country, which initially claimed to be friends, was only looking for ways to profit from Bumi Lorosae.
Australia has long held that the border should extend beyond its continental shelf and be closer to the coast of Timor Leste.
However, they failed to reach that agreement and instead shared the wealth of energy generated in the region.
The area is known as the Joint Petroleum Development Area.
Timor Leste gets 90% royalties from the area and goes to the coffers of its country.
Meanwhile, Timor Leste’s ambassador to Australia, Abel Guterres, who knows his country is in detention, expects Australia to receive international punishment in setting borders.
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“We welcome Australia to take this step so that we can solve this problem,” Guterres told AP.
Timor Leste and Australia open negotiations on maritime borders before a panel of five experts.
Before the negotiation, Australia even bugged Timor Leste in their cabinet office, when they were caught arguing that it was an upgrade, to get information on Timorese sea gas in 2004.
Timor Leste, constantly controlled by Australia, has decided to cancel its maritime agreement.
The main reasons are accusations of espionage, wiretapping and unfair business negotiations.
The dispute has worsened relations between Timor Leste and Australia, a friend who initially aided independence seemed to slowly stab him.
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