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17811
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RI, AUSTRALIA TO CONDUCT JOINT PATROLS IN TIMOR SEA
Brisbane, Sept 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Australia will this month conduct joint or coordinated patrols in the Timor Sea in an effort to clamp down on illegal fishing in the waters, an Indonesian official here said.
For the purpose, three Australian patrol boats and a reconnaissance plane with some 53 officials from related institutions would leave Darwin for Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, on September 7 or 8, Indonesian consul general in Darwin Harbangun Napitupulu told Antara by phone here Tuesday.
"A similar Indonesia-Australia cooperative exercise held in the Arafura Sea ran well," Napitupulu said, adding that from October 29-November 1, 2007, Indonesia and Australia held joint patrols in the Arafura Sea.
On the Australian side, the patrols were joined by the customs and excise patrol boat, Arnhem Bay, and, on the Indonesian side, by two Fisheries Ministry patrol boats, Macan 003 and Macan 004.
Napitupulu said the joint patrols this year would be supported by an Australian customs and excise reconnaissance plane which would provide surveillance data on the waters on a daily basis.
For the purpose, three Australian patrol boats and a reconnaissance plane with some 53 officials from related institutions would leave Darwin for Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, on September 7 or 8, Indonesian consul general in Darwin Harbangun Napitupulu told Antara by phone here Tuesday.
"A similar Indonesia-Australia cooperative exercise held in the Arafura Sea ran well," Napitupulu said, adding that from October 29-November 1, 2007, Indonesia and Australia held joint patrols in the Arafura Sea.
On the Australian side, the patrols were joined by the customs and excise patrol boat, Arnhem Bay, and, on the Indonesian side, by two Fisheries Ministry patrol boats, Macan 003 and Macan 004.
Napitupulu said the joint patrols this year would be supported by an Australian customs and excise reconnaissance plane which would provide surveillance data on the waters on a daily basis.
