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In her interviews, Pujas Duty emphasizes that international law—particularly the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)—affirmates Indonesia’s sovereignty within its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). She underscores that resources such as fish and oil under Indonesia’s control should remain so, and that illegal fishing violates this sovereignty.

She also highlights the contested nature of terminology, proposing that the northern waters around Natuna Islands be officially referred to as the “North Natuna Sea” to reinforce Indonesia’s territorial claims. She dismisses China’s argument that the area constitutes traditional fishing grounds, insisting that agreements or treaties are necessary to legitimize fishing rights, which China has yet to establish with Indonesia.