(January 25, 2017, 1:37 PM EST) -- THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and the Commonwealth of Australia on Jan. 24 announced that they have issued a joint statement regarding confidential negotiations over a maritime dispute and noted that Timor-Leste has terminated the Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea (Arbitration under the Timor Sea Treaty [Timor-Leste v. Australia], No. 2013-16, PCA)....