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President Nyusi invited to attend first ever IORA Leaders’ Summit in Indonesia
2:07 CAT | 08 Feb 2017
File photo / President Filipe Nyusi
President Nyusi has been invited to participate in the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) summit of countries flanked by the Indian Ocean, to be held in March this year in Indonesia.
The invitation was extended by his Indonesian counterpart, Joko Widodo, in a letter delivered yesterday in Maputo by the Foreign Minister of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi, at a meeting with the Mozambican head of state.
Marsudi said that Indonesia was interested in investing in agriculture, fisheries, trade and industrialization in Mozambique.
Strengthening Maritime Cooperation
According to IORA’s webpage, “the Indian Ocean Rim Association will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary in March 2017. Indonesia, as the current Chair of IORA, will host the first ever IORA Leaders’ Summit on 7 March 2017 in Jakarta under the theme”Strengthening Maritime Cooperation for a Peaceful, Stable, and Prosperous Indian Ocean”. The Summit will bring together the Leaders of the 21 IORA Member States and its 7 Dialogue Partners as well as other special invitees and guests”.
According to the same source, the Leaders’ Summit will be preceded by a Committee of Senior Officials’ meeting on 5 March 2017 and a Council of Ministers’ meeting on 6 March 2017. Along with the above official meetings, IORA will also engage the private sector through a “Business Summit” to be held on 6 March 2017 with the aim of deepening business cooperation in the region. Other related events, including a photo exhibition on the IORA’s journey through the 20 years of its existence, will also be organized at the margins of the Summit.
The Summit is expected to be a game-changer for regional cooperation in the Indian Ocean, reads the IORA statement, and in keeping with the challenges that the region faces, aims to forge a revitalized and sustainable architecture in multi-dimensional engagement. The Summit proposes to adopt strategic outcome documents entitled the “IORA Concord” and the “IORA Action Plan” as well as the “IORA Declaration on Countering Violent Extremism leading to Terrorism”. These strategic documents reflect IORA’s vision for the future.
Countries that share the Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) is an international organization with 21 Member States: Australia, Bangladesh, Comoros, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Oman, Seychelles, Singapore, Somalai, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, UAE and Yemen.
Source: Rádio Moçambique / iora.net
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