310. Myanmar notes that “Bangladesh has never included St. Martin’s
Island in its coastal façade or in the description of its relevant coast”,
Myanmar points out that Bangladesh had stated in its Reply that “its relevant
coast extends, from west to east, from the land boundary terminus with India
to the land boundary terminus on the other side on the Naaf River” and had
not mentioned St. Martin's Island. Myanmar points out in this regard that “[t]his
makes even more curious the claim made […] that the island is ‘an integral
part of the Bangladesh coast’”.
311. Myanmar observes that the location of St. Martin’s Island and the effect
that it produces “make it a special circumstance in the case of the delimitation
of the territorial sea”, which explains the care taken by Myanmar to give it the
effect that is most appropriate to its unique location; and “the same
considerations lead to it not being accorded more effect in the framework of
the delimitation of the exclusive economic zones”