Limbang, other border issues to be resolved: Rais

KUALA LUMPUR: Various border issues including Limbang will be resolved once re-demarcation works are completed, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.
He said although the word “Limbang” was not mentioned during discussion at the Letters of Exchange ceremony between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and the Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, on Monday, the district issue will be regarded as resolved after the physical works are carried out.
“(Disputes on land borders will be resolved) once the physical works of re-demarcation are completed in accordance with the principles of the five agreements,” he told reporters at a press conference in the Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations here Thursday.
Two out of the five agreements, signed between 1920 and 1939, directly mentioned the Limbang district in the documents.
Dr Rais was responding to articles in the Brunei press that questioned the status of Limbang.
The reports quoted Brunei’s Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Datuk Seri Lim Jock Seng as denying that Limbang was discussed during the meeting between the Sultan and Abdullah.
“I hope this issue won’t be politicised despite their local media raising issues,” he said.
He added that both parties would have to wait between 12 and 18 months for the re-dermarcation works to be completed by the technical committee.

tunku : next time pak lah should think before he speaks...but i guess that was his last statement about limbang as pm.hope the future leader will learn something from this.do not simply make any statement without considering the actual facts.he should say that limbang issue will be resolved not brunai has dropped their claim against limbang when it is still pending with the re-demarcation works.