International law says that when two states are less than 400 nautical miles (750 km) apart, the maritime boundary should be the line of equidistance.
AUSTRALIA:
That's wrong, because this area is unique. The 1958 U.N. Convention on the Continental Shelf is the guiding principle. The sea bed in the Timor Sea has a huge steep cleft called the Timor Trough - 550 nautical miles long, 40 n. mi. wide and as deep as 3,000 m. The two countries sit on different shelves.
EAST TIMOR:
That's a poor argument. If you...
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