JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD said Indonesia's strategic geographical location has an impact on maritime activities nationally and internationally.
"The geographical position has an impact on high maritime activity and interests with all their problems both nationally and internationally," Mahfud said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 5.
He explained that Indonesia is ranked 14th out of the largest country and the largest archipelagic country in the world. If you look at its geographical location, Indonesia is located between the Asian and Australian Continents, as well as the Indian Ocean and the Pacific.
"So it can be seen from the area of Indonesian waters, the jurisdiction of Indonesia and the number of islands owned by 17,508 islands," he said.
As a maritime country, Indonesian waters have very abundant marine resources. Nevertheless, he continued, this has the potential as a threat.
Mahfud said the threat was dominated by non-traditional threats, such as violations of areas where illegal fishing occurred, smuggling of people and goods, smuggling narcotics to environmental pollution.
For this reason, he invited the government and law enforcement officials (APH) to be responsible for preventing, taking action and tackling all threats to safety and violating the law at sea Indonesia.
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In regional geopoliticals in the Asian region, there are issues of marine security and shipping safety that can trigger tensions in the region. One of them is the dispute over the southern China Sea and overlap claims over maritime features and zones.
According to Mahfud, in general the national geopolitical situation is still quite stable. However, he admitted that Indonesia still faces various potential threats at sea.
"In general, the current national geopolitical situation is quite stable, but Indonesia still faces a lot of potential threats that can threaten national stability both from within the country and from abroad," concluded Mahfud.
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