>From: Arif
>About the Brunei one, Brunei claims they are connected >and claims an extended territorial sea, which comes to >include parts of Spratly (or is it the Paracels). >However, I don't think Malaysia likes that idea and
>they, I think, divide Brunei in two
arif you are right about the existence of that larger disagreement & about what malaysia may like
but given the actual configuration along the coast just there & given standard practice including median lines etc it is hard to imagine how malaysia could prevent brunei from maintaining normal international rights to enough territorial sea to integrate its territory
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