Official spokesperson for the government, Agio Pereira, claims the Labor Party said at its just-completed national conference that it will “enter into structured engagement with Timor-Leste to negotiate the settlement of maritime boundaries".
If in government, Labor would adhere to a rules-based international system and confirmed that it would review Australia’s reservations to UNCLOS, which currently restrict Timor-Leste’s access to a third-party umpire for resolving boundary issues, said Pereira.
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