INDIAN OCEAN RIM ASSOCIATION (IORA)

Dec. 15, 2019

At the ‘Delhi Dialogue’ conference, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said that Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) countries should build a common vision for Indo-Pacific.

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IORA is an inter-governmental organisation to strengthen regional cooperation and sustainable development within the Indian Ocean Region.
IORA has identified six priority areas, namely: (1) maritime security, (2) trade and investment facilitation, (3) fisheries management, (4) disaster risk reduction, (5) academic and scientific cooperation and (6) tourism promotion and cultural exchanges.
Established in: 1997.
Membership: IORA has 22 Member States and 9 Dialogue Partners.
Secretariat: Mauritius.
IORA’s apex body is the Council of Foreign Ministers (COM) which meets annually.