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The Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border is the international border between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The border, which divides the island of New Guinea in half, consists of two straight north–south lines connected by a short section running along the Fly River, totalling 824 km (512 mi). [1] The boundary separates Papua, Highland Papua ...
As of 2010, 13,500 Papuan refugees live in exile in the neighbouring Papua New Guinea (PNG) [39] and fighting occasionally spills over the border. As a result the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) has set up patrols along PNG's western border to prevent infiltration by the OPM.
Indonesia and Papua New Guinea share an 820-kilometre (510 mi) border that has raised tensions and ongoing diplomatic issues over many decades. [ 1 ] Indonesia is represented in Papua New Guinea with an embassy in Port Moresby [ 2 ] and a consulate in Vanimo , [ 3 ] while Papua New Guinea is represented in Indonesia with an embassy in Jakarta ...
The boundary is separated into three segments, with the first two broken by the Timor Gap. The first is between the Australia – Indonesia – Papua New Guinea tripoint at 10° 50' S, 139° 12' E, and the point whether the territorial waters of the two countries touch the eastern limits of the territorial waters claimed by East Timor at 9° 28' S, 127° 56' E.
Papua New Guinea [note 1] [13] [note 2] is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. It has a land border with Indonesia to the west and neighbours Australia to the south and the Solomon Islands to the east.
Indonesia shares a 760-kilometre (470 mi) border with Papua New Guinea through its Papua, Highland Papua and South Papua provinces. The common border has raised tensions and ongoing diplomatic issues [which?] over many decades. [336] Indonesia has an embassy Port Moresby and a consulate in Vanimo. Papua New Guinea has an embassy in Jakarta and ...
Both Fiji and Papua New Guinea are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations. France: 22 June 1976: See France–Papua New Guinea relations. Official diplomatic relations were established in 1976. Papua New Guinea is a member of the United Nations' Special Committee on Decolonization.
Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border; 0–9. 141st meridian east; F. Fly River; T. Torasi Estuary; Treaty of The Hague (1895) This page was last edited on 15 July ...