India has been approved as an observer state for the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC).
About:
Members: It is an intergovernmental organization that is composed of five African Indian Ocean nations: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion (an overseas region of France), and Seychelles.
Background: It was created in 1982 and was institutionalized in 1984 by the Victoria Agreement.
Mandate: To serve as platform of solidarity for the entire population of the African Indian Ocean region.
Secretariat: It is located in Port Louis, Mauritius.
Observers: With the decision, India will join China, which was made an observer in 2016, as well as the “International Organisation of the Francophonie” or the 54-nation French-speaking collective, the European Union (EU) and Malta, which were all admitted in 2017.
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