The Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) is out to protect the border shared by Indonesia and Malaysia in Kalimantan for the sake of territorial integrity.
"Currently we are maintaining security in the border zone. If needed, we will mobilize our troops there," Kostrad chief Lt. Gen Burhanudin Amin told Antara state news agency on Monday as he inspected a combined free fall exercise attended by hundreds of soldiers at the Kalijati airbase in the West Java regency of Subang.
Burhanuddin said he found no security threat along the border with Malaysia, but a battalion was ready to be deployed for border operations any time.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked for acceleration of talks on the maritime boundary between Indonesia and Malaysia to avoid future disputes, following a recent incident in Tanjung Berakit waters in Riau recently.
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