{"id":147151,"date":"2021-11-17T20:47:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T15:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=147151"},"modified":"2021-11-18T10:49:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T05:19:27","slug":"indian-ocean-naval-symposium-ions-2021-conclave-of-chiefs-15-16-nov-21-paris-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-ocean-naval-symposium-ions-2021-conclave-of-chiefs-15-16-nov-21-paris-france\/","title":{"rendered":"INDIAN OCEAN NAVAL SYMPOSIUM (IONS) \u2013 2021 CONCLAVE OF CHIEFS 15 -16 NOV 21, PARIS, FRANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 7<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Conclave of Chiefs is being hosted by the French Navy at Paris, France.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium(IONS)?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IONS <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a biennial forum<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conceived by the <\/span><b>Indian Navy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0To enhance maritime cooperation among Navies of the littoral states of the Indian Ocean Region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>First Edition:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The inaugural edition of IONS was held in Feb 2008 in New Delhi with the Indian Navy as the Chair for two years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Currently Chaired by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Members of IONS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: IONS includes 24 nations that hold territory within the Indian Ocean and 8 observer nations:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The members have been geographically grouped into the following four sub-regions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>South Asian Littorals: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United Kingdom (British Indian Ocean Territory)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>West Asian Littorals: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>East African Littorals: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France (Reunion), Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa, and Tanzania.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Southeast Asian and Australian Littorals: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Timor-Leste.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Observer Nations: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, the Netherlands, Russia, and Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-navy-participates-in-india-singapore-and-thailand-trilateral-maritime-exercise-sitmex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INDIAN NAVY PARTICIPATES IN INDIA, SINGAPORE AND THAILAND TRILATERAL MARITIME EXERCISE \u2018SITMEX\u2019<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><b>This post is based on the article \u201c<\/b><b>INDIAN OCEAN NAVAL SYMPOSIUM (IONS) \u2013 2021 CONCLAVE OF CHIEFS 15 -16 NOV 21, PARIS, FRANCE<\/b><b>\u201d published by PIB on 16th November 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? The 7th edition of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Conclave of Chiefs is being hosted by the French Navy at Paris, France. What is the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium(IONS)? IONS is a biennial forum conceived by the Indian Navy in 2008. 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