Vice Prez heads to Jakarta for IORA Summit

March 06, 2017 09:42

Vice-President Mohammed Hamid Ansari is embarking on a two-day visit to Indonesian capital Jakarta from today to attend the Summit of the Indian Ocean Rim Association.

Connectivity, open maritime trade and rights of navigation are expected to be priority areas to be discussed during his visit.

Vice-President Ansari is also expected to stress on the member countries about evolving common strategies to meet the conventional and non-conventional threats to the security of the member countries.

This is the first Summit level conference hosted by Jakarta, at a time when the regional forum is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

Indonesia had played a key role in elevating the IORA to become a summit level forum.

During the summit Indian Ocean Rim Association will produce four documents to make Indian Ocean peaceful, stable, and prosperous region.

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