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Navy chief of staff Admiral Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno announced on June 3 that the navy will request the Foreign Ministry to send a diplomatic note to Malaysia, protesting against the repeated 'trespassing' of Malaysian ships in the Ambalat waters off the eastern coast of Kalimantan. Indonesia claims the potentially oil-rich Ambalat region as part of its territory in accordance with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Malaysia has included area within its borders based on a 1979 maritime chart. The two countries will meet in July for border talks.