Timor-Leste last week initiated new arbitration proceedings against Australia to resolve a dispute between the two sides over jurisdictional rights to the pipeline.
Australia said it has exclusive jurisdictional over the pipeline under the terms of the Timor Sea Treaty.
Timor-Leste disagrees with this assertion, with both sides offering different interpretations of the treaty, which helps govern petroleum activities in the offshore joint petroleum development area where Bayu-Undan is located.
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