Ambalat: Indonesia vs Malaysia

Boundary line has the meaning illusion that separates two or more regions or political jurisdiction such as country, state or territory subnasional. Therefore, the problem of the border between the 2 countries always cause tension and political conflict that brought the cultural issues the two countries. A problem that must be completed with basic mutual respect of sovereignty of each country. Moreover, Indonesia is a country of diversity of peoples and cultures, from different ethnic spread in the whole archipelago of islands highway. The period of the triumph of the Kingdom of Hindhu, Islam, Dutch Colonial, occupation of Japan, the UK and allies, beginning with the struggle toward independence proklamator: Soekarno and M. Hatta.

This means there is long history here that should be re-examined by the two countries Indonesia and Malaysia. Since the beginning, the government of Indonesia to see the border with Malaysia, is the region since the declaration of Malaysia Map 1979. This map is very controversial because Malaysia was in violation of many state boundaries lainnya.Indonesia, Filiphina, Thailand, Singapore, People's Republic of China, Vietnam, and Brunei Darussalam (British colony).

As an archipelago with a coastline of 81,900 kilometers, has a region with many countries border the border land (continent) and sea (maritime). Delivery of the Republic of Indonesia land area directly adjacent to the countries Malaysia, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Timor Leste. Land border in three Indonesian islands, the four Provinces, and 15 districts / cities which have their respective characteristics of the border is different. Similarly, the neighboring countries that berbatasannya good if the condition is reviewed in terms of social, economic, political and cultural. Meanwhile, the Indonesian sea borders with 10 countries, namely India, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Republic of Palau, Australia, Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea (PNG). Border region in general form of the sea islands terluar number of islands and includes 92 small islands. Some of them still need regulation and a more management-intensive because of the problems have a tendency to neighboring countries.

Most of the border region in Indonesia is still a remote area with facilities and social and economic infrastructure that is still very limited. Ago in the view that the border is an area that needs to monitored closely into hiding because the rebels have made the paradigm of development more border security on the approach of the kesejahteraan. As a border region in some areas were not left out by the dynamics of community development and so on generally poor and many are oriented to the neighboring countries. On the other hand, one of the neighboring countries, namely Malaysia, have built the major growth corridor and perbatasannya through various economic and trade activities that have benefit for the government and masyarakatnya.  Likewise Timor-Leste, not closed the possibility in the future within a relatively short, through the use of international support, will become a rapidly developing country, so if it is not anticipated that there NTT province on the border with the country will remain behind.