KENYATAAN MEDIA 

KEMENTERIAN SUMBER ASLI DAN KELESTARIAN ALAM (NRES)

 

PENYELESAIAN SEMPADAN DARAT MALAYSIA-INDONESIA:

KOMITMEN TERHADAP KEDAULATAN DAN KEMAKMURAN BERSAMA

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Kementerian Sumber Asli dan Kelestarian Alam (NRES) menegaskan laporan media bertarikh 22 Januari 2026 yang menyatakan “Malaysia memberikan 5,207 hektar tanah kepada Indonesia sebagai pampasan untuk tiga kampung kawasan Nunukan, berdekatan sempadan Sabah-Kalimantan” adalah tidak tepat.

Rundingan untuk penandaan dan pengukuran di kawasan Outstanding Boundary Problem (OBP) dilaksanakan secara harmoni di antara kedua-dua negara dan tidak bersandarkan kepada prinsip timbal balik, pampasan atau untung-rugi.

Pemuktamadan pengukuran sempadan darat ini dibuat melalui pemeteraian Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) antara kedua-dua negara pada 18 Februari 2025 selepas melalui proses perundingan teknikal yang komprehensif dan telus selama lebih 45 tahun.

Hasrat Malaysia dan Indonesia untuk menyegerakan penyelesaian isu sempadan darat bagi sektor Sabah-Kalimantan Utara (KALTARA) telah dipersetujui semasa lawatan negara mantan Presiden Republik Indonesia, Joko Widodo ke Malaysia pada 8 Jun 2023. Proses perundingan turut melibatkan penglibatan aktif wakil Kerajaan Negeri Sabah sebagai sebahagian delegasi Malaysia.

Melalui persetujuan kedua-dua negara, satu pengukuran saintifik telah dilaksanakan berdasarkan perjanjian-perjanjian yang telah ditandatangani terdahulu bagi menentukan jajaran sempadan yang jelas.

Keputusan ini dicapai melalui proses teknikal yang panjang melibatkan pakar-pakar daripada Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan Malaysia (JUPEM) serta agensi keselamatan. Setiap inci pelarasan dibuat berdasarkan undang-undang antarabangsa (Boundary Convention 1891); (Boundary Agreement 1915); serta (Boundary Convention 1928) dan koordinat geospatial yang tepat, bukan atas dasar konsesi politik.

Keuntungan jangka panjang kedaulatan negara adalah lebih strategik bagi Malaysia untuk memiliki sempadan yang diiktiraf sepenuhnya oleh negara jiran dan masyarakat antarabangsa. Pengiktirafan ini lebih signifikan berbanding daripada mengekalkan kawasan pertikaian yang tidak mempunyai keabsahan undang-undang.

Penetapan sempadan yang muktamad akan memperkukuhkan kedudukan perundangan Negara di peringkat antarabangsa serta menutup ruang untuk sebarang tuntutan wilayah yang lebih besar pada masa hadapan.

Kedua-dua negara juga telah mengambil pendekatan diplomasi melalui rundingan secara berterusan bagi menyelesaikan sebarang isu dan pertikaian di kawasan OBP, berlandaskan semangat muhibah dan setiakawan, sekali gus memastikan keharmonian serta mengelakkan sebarang konflik di lapangan.

 

DATO’ SRI ARTHUR JOSEPH KURUP

MENTERI SUMBER ASLI DAN KELESTARIAN ALAM

23 JANUARI 2026 

MALAYSIA STRONGLY CONDEMNS THE LATEST KILLING OF CIVILIANS IN GAZA

 

Malaysia strongly condemns the attack by Israel’s forces in Gaza which resulted in the deaths of innocent civilians, including children and journalists.

The attack constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, as well as a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement declared by United States President Donald J. Trump as part of his 20-point Peace Plan on 29 September 2025.

Malaysia reiterates that all parties to the conflict are obliged to uphold international law. Attacks that result in the loss of civilian life and impede access to safety and essential services are unacceptable and undermine efforts towards de-escalation, peace, and stability.

Malaysia remains steadfast in its support for the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights, including their right to self-determination and the establishment of a sovereign and independent State of Palestine based on pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Malaysia reiterates its call for an immediate and sustained cessation of hostilities and for all parties to recommit to a return to meaningful negotiations toward a just and lasting peace.

 

PUTRAJAYA

22 January 2026 

MALAYSIA STRONGLY CONDEMNS ISRAEL’S ATTACK ON UNRWA HEADQUARTERS

 

Malaysia condemns in the strongest terms Israel’s incursion into the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the demolition of its premises in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem on 20 January 2026.

Israel has a legal obligation under international law to facilitate, without obstruction, humanitarian relief efforts by UN entities, particularly UNRWA, as well as by international organisations and Member States; to protect all humanitarian and medical personnel; and to uphold the privileges, immunities, and inviolability of the UN, its premises, property, and officials, as reaffirmed by the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice dated 22 October 2025.

Malaysia calls on the international community to hold Israel accountable for the continuing serious violation of international law, including the UN Charter, the 1946 UN Convention on the Privileges and Immunities, and relevant UN resolutions. This impunity must end.

 

PUTRAJAYA

21 January 2026 

PRESENTATION OF LETTERS OF CREDENCE BY FOREIGN HEADS OF MISSION TO MALAYSIA

20 JANUARY 2026

 

His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia received the Letters of Credence of 12 Foreign Heads of Mission to Malaysia at a ceremony on 20 January 2026 at the Istana Negara.

The envoys are 10 resident Foreign Heads of Mission, namely H.E. Dr Sandor Sipos, Ambassador of Hungary; H.E. Mr. Manjurul Karim Khan Chowdhury, High Commissioner of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh; H.E. Mr. Abdoul Aziz Loum, Ambassador of the Republic of Senegal; H.E. Mr. Jehad Fouad Mabrouk Alqedra, Ambassador of the State of Palestine; H.E. Mr. Peter Spišiak, Ambassador of the Slovak Republic; H.E. Mr. Maher Kheir, Ambassador of Lebanon; H.E. Mr. Diego Pelufo Acosta y Lara, Ambassador of Uruguay; H.E. Mr. Osamah bin Dakhel R. Al-Ahmadi, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; H.E. Mr. Raden Mohammad Iman Hascarya Kusumo, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia; and H.E. Mr. Marc Abensour, Ambassador of the French Republic; as well as two (2) non resident Foreign Heads of Mission, namely H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Bileh Doualeh, Ambassador of the Republic of Djibouti (residing in Tokyo, Japan) and H.E. Mr. Luis Manuel de Magalhães de Albuquerque Veloso, Ambassador of the Portuguese Republic (residing in Bangkok, Thailand).

The ceremony was also attended by Honourable Dato’ Seri Utama Haji Mohamad bin Haji Hasan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and H.E. Dato’ Sri Amran bin Mohamed Zin, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The ceremony reflects Malaysia’s continued effort to strengthening bilateral and multilateral cooperation with friendly nations, in the spirit of mutual respect, shared interests, and the promotion of regional and global peace, security and prosperity.

 

PUTRAJAYA

20 January 2026 

 

UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF A MALAYSIAN CITIZEN IN JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA

 

Allahyarhamah Nadiah Kasumawati, who passed away on 15 January 2026, has been safely buried in the Dhahban Cemetery in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at 7.35 am, local time on 19 January 2026, in the presence of the husband and daughter of the deceased.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Embassy of Malaysia in Riyadh and the Consulate General of Malaysia in Jeddah, worked closely with the next-of-kin and local authorities to facilitate and coordinate all necessary funeral and burial arrangements.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its appreciation to all the parties involved, in particular the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, King Fahd Hospital and other relevant agencies, for their assistance in this connection.

 

PUTRAJAYA

19 January 2026