{"id":11487,"date":"2019-11-10T17:09:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T11:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=11487"},"modified":"2019-11-10T17:09:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T11:39:49","slug":"indian-ocean-rim-association-discusses-ways-to-achieve-larger-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-ocean-rim-association-discusses-ways-to-achieve-larger-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Ocean Rim Association discusses ways to achieve larger cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The 19th Indian Ocean Rim Association COM (Council of Ministers) meeting was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE on November 7,2019.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the meeting:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The meeting was chaired by UAE.The Chairmanship passes from the Republic of South Africa that held the chair between the period 2017-19.<\/li><li>The theme of the conference was \u201cPromoting a shared destiny and path to prosperity in Indian Ocean\u201d.<\/li><li>India is the largest contributor to IORA Special Fund.Recently,India has contributed 1 million USD to the fund.<\/li><li>Further,India has also hosted the first Indian Ocean Dialogue in 2015.It was held at Kochi,Kerala and Kochi Consensus was released.<\/li><li>The Kochi consensus focused on maritime security challenges, information sharing, cooperation in disaster relief and economic cooperation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About IORA:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Indian Ocean Rim Association is an inter-governmental organisation which was established in 1997.<\/li><li>The aim of IORA is to strengthen regional cooperation and sustainable development within the Indian Ocean Region.<\/li><li>The Association comprises of 22 member states and 9 dialogue partners with Indian Ocean Tourism Organisation and the Indian Ocean Research Group having observer status.<\/li><li>The Coordinating Secretariat of IORA is located at Ebene,Mauritius.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Member States:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The members of IORA are India, Australia, Iran, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Singapore, Mauritius, Madagascar, UAE, Yemen, Seychelles, Somalia, Comoros, Maldives and Oman.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Objectives:<\/strong>The objectives of IORA are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To promote sustainable growth and balanced development of the region and member states<\/li><li>To focus on those areas of economic cooperation which provide maximum opportunities for development, shared interest and mutual benefits<\/li><li>To promote liberalisation, remove impediments and lower barriers towards a freer and enhanced flow of goods, services, investment, and technology within the Indian Ocean rim.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:The 19th Indian Ocean Rim Association COM (Council of Ministers) meeting was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE on November 7,2019. 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