Furthermore, such arguments miss the salient point that any delimitation
between Australia and East Timor in the central Timor Sea would concern the
continental shelves and EEZs of the parties over which they hold sovereign
rights rather than full sovereignty. This suggests confusion between territory
and sovereignty on the one hand, which certainly are intimately linked to the
independence and legitimacy of the state, and, on the other hand, the
significant but limited sovereign rights that coastal states claim in extended
maritime zones such as the continental shelf and EEZ