Indonesia-The Philippines Relations: Enhancing Maritime CooperationGROUP 3R. SIGIT WITJAKSONO, NOORMAN EFFENDI, DEWI RATIH S. KARTONEGORO, CATUR HADIANTO AND RIO BUDI RAHMANTO 

Indonesia-The Philippines Archipelagic States

• As many as 17,499 islands • Coast reaching

81,000 km

Indonesia-The Philippines Archipelagic States

•More than 7,100 islands • Total coastline about

18,000 kilometers

Maritime policiesThe Philippines: National Marine Policy in 1994

Indonesia: Wawasan Nusantara & Global Maritime Fulcrum (GMF)

Problem and objectiveEven though there are already bilateral maritime cooperation still room to expand & people are unaware

How Indonesia and the Philippines could further enhance maritime cooperation?

TrendCooperation to combat terrorism and other

forms of transnational crimesResolving internal political and security issues

(MILF & Aceh)Coordinated trilateral patrols in the Sulu Sea

in August 2016

Most important bilateral achievements Signing of the boundaries agreement on May 23, 2014

Policy options to enhance cooperation in maritime sector1. Joint patrol in Sulu Sea2. Cooperation in Illegal Unreported and

Unregulated (IUU) Fishing3. Security cooperation to combat piracy

and kidnapping

Joint patrol• Beneficial for Indonesia

and the Philippines • Enhance trust among

officials• Strong political

commitment (Presidential level)

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