After a tense confrontation on the high seas, Indonesia and Malaysia both brought their prisoners in what appears to be a solution to the conflict.
Three Indonesian maritime officials were released by the Malaysian authorities and seven Malaysian fishermen arrested by the police Batam now arrived in Kuala Lumpur.
Three Indonesian maritime officials were released by the Malaysian authorities and seven Malaysian fishermen arrested by the police Batam now arrived in Kuala Lumpur.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said the three officers who earlier Tuesday and "are now joining the Indonesian independence ceremony in Johor Baru." He continues: "Our diplomatic efforts has been successful."
The three officers were arrested on Friday by the Malaysian Marine Operations Force arrested after seven Malaysian fishermen, who they accused of fishing illegally in Indonesian waters.
"Administrative everything is arranged on Monday after the two countries foreign ministers were communicating over the phone," Widyarka Ryananta, social and cultural information counselor at the Indonesian embassy in Malaysia, told.
"They have decided that this matter should be addressed through diplomatic channels."
Separately, Foreign Ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah told a border dispute in the waters off Riau Island, where the confrontation took place, could take longer to resolve.
"The border has not yet commented, although our team is ready," he said.
Defence Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the Navy was still investigating the location of the latest incident to determine what part, if appropriate, the border illegally.
Marty said the Indonesian government was prepared to discuss border issues, but the Malaysian government was not prepared to enter into negotiations.
Faizasyah said that Malaysia has no border talks with Indonesia to register until they agreed to a lengthy dispute with Singapore, which claims to sovereignty on the tiny island of Pedra Branca.
"We have no additional troops to the border, it's just a misunderstanding," Djoko Santoso said military leader General.
Syed Munshe Afdzaruddin, Malaysia's ambassador to Jakarta, dismissed the problem as "a small problem that can happen between close friend countries with the same cultural background."
Demonstrators in Jakarta on Tuesday burned Malaysian flags and tried to enter the Malaysian embassy, asking the embassy to send a note of protest.
However, Afdzaruddin said that bilateral relations were not affected by the incident. He called the relationship between the two countries' excellent no doubt. "
Marty said that the release of the three marine officers who had not been a kind of barter, but is the result of investigations by both Malaysia and Indonesia.
