(Hindi and Burmese versions) Agreement between India and Myanmar on the delimitation of the maritime boundary in the Andaman Sea, in the Coco Channel and in the Bay of Bengal on 23 December 1986

  • Summary:

This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement between India and Myanmar on the delimitation of the maritime boundary in the Andaman Sea, in the Coco Channel, and in the Bay of Bengal on 23 December 1986.

Article 1 of the Agreement lists the specific coordinates of 14 points (points 1 to 14) constituting the maritime boundary between Burma (Myanmar) and India in the Andaman Sea and in the Coco Channel. Article 2 of the Agreement states the coordinates of points 14, 15, and 16, whose connecting lines shall constitute the maritime boundary between the two countries in the Bay of Bengal. The extension of the maritime boundary between the two countries in the Bay of Bengal shall be done subsequently.

Notably, the final paragraph of Article 1 clarifies that the maritime boundary between India and Burma (Myanmar) will be extended from point 1 up to the trijunction point between India, Myanmar, and Thailand, which would be concluded in 1993, 7 years later after this Agreement.

by Tran Nguyen Quan

(English version) Agreement between India and Myanmar on the delimitation of the maritime boundary in the Andaman Sea, in the Coco Channel and in the Bay of Bengal on 23 December 1986

  • Summary:

This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement between India and Myanmar on the delimitation of the maritime boundary in the Andaman Sea, in the Coco Channel, and in the Bay of Bengal on 23 December 1986.

Article 1 of the Agreement lists the specific coordinates of 14 points (points 1 to 14) constituting the maritime boundary between Burma (Myanmar) and India in the Andaman Sea and in the Coco Channel. Article 2 of the Agreement states the coordinates of points 14, 15, and 16, whose connecting lines shall constitute the maritime boundary between the two countries in the Bay of Bengal. The extension of the maritime boundary between the two countries in the Bay of Bengal shall be done subsequently.

Notably, the final paragraph of Article 1 clarifies that the maritime boundary between India and Burma (Myanmar) will be extended from point 1 up to the trijunction point between India, Myanmar, and Thailand, which would be concluded in 1993, 7 years later after this Agreement.

 

by Tran Nguyen Quan

(Hindi, Burmese, and Thai version) Agreement between India, Myanmar, and Thailand on the determination of the trijunction point between the three countries in the Andaman Sea on 27 October 1993

  • Summary:

This legal document contains the Hindi, Burmese, and Thai versions of the Agreement between India, Myanmar, and Thailand on the determination of the trijunction point between the three countries in the Andaman Sea on 27 October 1993.

This Agreement was signed by the three countries recalling the 1978 India-Thailand seabed boundary Agreement, the 1980 Myanmar-Thailand maritime boundary Agreement, and the 1986 India-Myanmar maritime boundary Agreement.

Notably, Article 1 of the Agreement specifies the coordinates of the Trijunction point between the three countries called point T (09*38'00"N - 95*35'25"E), from/to which the boundaries subjected in the 3 bilateral Agreements mentioned in the previous paragraph shall extend to.

 

by Tran Nguyen Quan

(English version) Agreement between India, Myanmar, and Thailand on the determination of the trijunction point between the three countries in the Andaman Sea on 27 October 1993

  • Summary:

This legal document contains the Agreement between India, Myanmar, and Thailand on the determination of the trijunction point between the three countries in the Andaman Sea on 27 October 1993.

This Agreement was signed by the three countries recalling the 1978 India-Thailand seabed boundary Agreement, the 1980 Myanmar-Thailand maritime boundary Agreement, and the 1986 India-Myanmar maritime boundary Agreement.

Notably, Article 1 of the Agreement specifies the coordinates of the Trijunction point between the three countries called point T (09*38'00"N - 95*35'25"E), from/to which the boundaries subjected in the 3 bilateral Agreements mentioned in the previous paragraph shall extend to.

 

by Tran Nguyen Quan

(English version) Agreement between Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand on the delimitation of the maritime boundary between the two countries in the Andaman Sea on 25 July 1980

  • Summary:

This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement between Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand on the delimitation of the maritime boundary between the two countries in the Andaman Sea signed on 25 July 1980. Article 1.1 of the Agreement specifies the coordinates of the 9 points constituting the maritime boundary between the two state parties under the equidistance basis. Article 1.2 specifies that the segment of the maritime boundary comprising the lines connecting points 1,2,3,4, and 5 shall indicate the territorial sea boundary between the two countries. Article 1.3 states that the segment connecting point 5 through points 6.7.8. and 9 shall constitute the continental shelves boundary, and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between the two countries if Thailand establishes her EEZ (This Agreement was signed before the open-signing day of the UNCLOS III in 1982.)

Article 1.4 clarifies that the extension of the bilateral maritime boundary shall extend in the direction of and up to the maritime boundary trijunction point between Thailand, Burma, and India, which would be concluded in a Trilateral Agreement signed in 1993.

 

by Tran Nguyen Quan