Myanmar points out that “[n]either Party used base points on those
low-tide elevations”, despite the fact that they are legitimate sources of base
points for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea and are nearer to the
territorial sea equidistance line than the base points on the mainland coasts.
Myanmar explains that these low-tide elevations are also nearer the
provisional equidistance line than either base point β1 or µ1.Myanmar states
that “they cannot be used, as a legal matter,” for the purpose of constructing
the provisional equidistance line.