Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Five regions have become a bone of contention many countries
The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of a country can sometimes be polemic when their mutual claims between two or more countries of the region.
Usually this is triggered by the natural resources of the region. Such as Indonesia and China feud around the Natuna Islands. The island is rich in natural gas resources that are claimed to belong to China over the island's position in the middle of the South China Sea.
Area not only ASEAN, in Europe are now being hot due to Russian claims about the legal title to the North Pole.
The following five regions competed over many countries:
1. Claims South China Sea, China woke up military bases
China's move to unilaterally claim the South China Sea to grip the countries in Southeast Asia, from Vietnam, the Philippines, and even Indonesia. To support the claim, it turns out China is quietly building a fort in the sea that is now disputed a number of countries.
This was revealed in a satellite photograph which deployed one of the media in the United States, Vox. In the photo, seen Chinese Navy is sending equipment to the construction of a small island in the middle of the sea, and quickly made it larger than its previous size.
Vox believes the photo was taken from the Great Barrier Reef near the Spratly Islands, where the location is still the location of the dispute between China, the Philippines and Vietnam. This picture was taken from the Airbus Defence and Space on 14 November 2014 and then, and disclosed to the public early this March.
In the first photo shows the condition of coral late August. When it is, the whole body whole island is still submerged in water and there are only a constructed concrete AL China. However, on the second photo major changes, which in the same locations island wide to 3,000 yards.
A defense analyst at IHS Jane's believe, an artificial island built China's military was a runway for aircraft. Not only that, in the southern part there is also a port that allows warships China lean on the island.
In an interview, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei China claims development work in the South China Sea commonplace administration. Hong believes that the development taking place in China and the region will continue.
"We have the right to do this," said Hong told foreign reporters.
Development undertaken unilaterally China makes the United States stifling. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter urged China to stop the construction of the island. They assumed, the reclamation has increased tensions among countries that reject China's claims to the South China Sea.
In the letter, they denounced China and will face serious consequences after Beijing announced the expansion of the air defense zone.
"In other countries establish appropriate moment island area, China actually expanding in size, and the physical structure of the plains. The changes that have changed the status quo of the South China Sea," said the two ministers in an official letter
2. This is the reason China's struggle with the Indonesian Natuna
Natuna regency, Riau Islands Province, located in the middle of the South China Sea, a source of conflict sovereignty of the Republic of Indonesia. The issue emerged in mid-March, when President Joko Widodo People's Republic of China criticizes maps that incorporate the natural gas-rich regions in the territory.
Natuna consists of seven islands, with Capital in Ranai. In 1597, the Natuna islands actually entered the territory of Pattani Kingdom and the Kingdom of Johor in Malaysia.
But in the 19th century, the Sultanate of Riau became the ruler of the island in the strategic lines of the international shipping.
After Indonesian independence, the delegation of Riau participate cede sovereignty to the republic based on Java. On May 18, 1956, Indonesia officially register the islands as its territory to the United Nations.
Journal of the Diplomat on October 2, 2014 had predicted an open conflict between China and Indonesia will emerge sooner or later.
China unilaterally in 2009 to draw nine points withdrawn from the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, and claimed as its exclusive economic zone territory.
Since long ago the military was already aware of a potential conflict involving Natuna. More than 20 thousand military personnel deployed to keep the waters of the largest gas reserves in Asia began in 1996.
Once in power, President Jokowi to underline the attitude towards Natuna, louder than SBY attitude.
"Nine-point lines that have been claimed Chinese and signifies its maritime border does not have any international legal basis," said President Jokowi in an interview with the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper.
3. Limit state is unclear, Indonesia and Malaysia are still noisier in Ambalat
A dispute that occurred in Ambalat between Indonesia and Malaysia continue to occur. Apparently already happened several times, and it is not entirely wrong because Malaysia boundary negotiations between the two countries is still not finished.
"This is no problem, we have not finished our negotiating maritime boundaries with Malaysia. On the one hand we have this position is our territory, while Malaysia also has its boundary positions," said a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Arrmanatha Nasir, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Thursday (18/6).
Portal itself noted there were seven times protests from January to May 2015 on the entry of air Malaysia to Indonesia. To protest, identification required on the aircraft, coordinates, and time.
"Upon receiving the official notification, the TNI or Menkopolhukam will we send a protest in the form of a diplomatic note," said Tata, the man's nickname.
In addition to the protest note, Tata said, there was also a meeting with representatives of neighboring countries in a higher level.
4. The national team of Argentina claims the Malvinas Islands
Argentine soccer team pose with a banner proclaiming the Falkland Islands belong to Argentina, before the warm-up match for the World Cup 2014.
'Las Malvinas son Argentinas' if translated into Indonesian became 'the Malvinas Islands are Argentine', looks stretched in front of them, as reported by the Daily Mail newspaper, June 9, 2014.
Malvinas is the Spanish name for the South Atlantic region, which has become the rule of the United Kingdom since 1833.
Conflicts over the disputed islands erupted in 1982 with the Falklands War. Britain deployed troops to the island after the invasion of Argentina.
The war caused the deaths of 255 British military personnel and 649 personnel on the part of Argentina.
Argentina has long claimed sovereignty of the island and the message displayed by the national team they seem to show support for the country's claims.
Since President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner took power in 2007, a diplomatic clash with Britain over the area have occurred repeatedly.
Earlier this year, Kirchner insisted that his nation 'disarmed by force' of the Falklands in a blatant exercise of 19th century colonialism.
In April, Argentina has also accused Britain had behaved provocatively with plans to conduct military exercises in the Falkland Islands.
"History shows that pockets of colonial always strong again," said Kirchner.
But although there are claims that, residents on the island giving 1,513 votes to three in favor of the UK through a referendum last year.
5. Russia claims the rightful owner of the North Pole
Russian Federation filed territorial claims against 1.2 million square kilometers of territory in the Arctic waters, extends to the North Pole in part. This claim has been registered officially to the United Nations Agency Affairs Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS).
Official letter from the office of the Russian government, the Kremlin, said the Arctic ocean floor slabs have in common with the continental shelf conditions Red Bear State territory. "It has been proven from the scientific side," wrote the Kremlin, as reported express.co.uk, Wednesday (5/8).
Russia claims alarming Canada, Denmark, and Norway, who also feel they have sovereign rights in the Arctic region. One of the most disadvantaged if the UN recognizes the sovereignty of Russia in the Arctic is Canadian. 350 kilometers of the boundary line drawn obscure Russian coast across Canada region.
Observers University of Calgary, Rob Huebert, asked the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper immediately determine the attitude. "There should be the government's desire to negotiate immediately boundaries that intersect in the Arctic," he said.
Mutual claims in the Arctic region fueled by oil and gas-rich region. It is estimated that there are still a quarter of the world fossil energy deposition near the North Pole of unprocessed until now. While the cost of drilling in the Arctic is cheaper, because the ice sheet shrinks.
Organizational nature lovers, one of which Greenpeace, urged the United Nations ignores the mutual claims between countries in the North Pole. Oil and gas exploration on the ice are shrinking will only damage the environment.
"If we do not act together, the region will be the oil wells and complete fishing fleet," said Greenpeace campaigner Russia, Vladimir Chuprov.
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