Aust, partners discuss Indian Ocean issues

Australia's foreign minister will discuss ways the country and its trading partners in the Indian Ocean can deal with problems such as maritime crime.

Julie Bishop will discuss ways for Australia and its regional partners to deal with maritime crime. (AAP)

The ways that Australia and its regional partners should deal with maritime crime and illegal fishing in the Indian Ocean will form the basis of an address by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

Ms Bishop will deliver the keynote opening address at the Indian Ocean Dialogue in Perth on Sunday.

The regional meeting is the third Australia has hosted this year as chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association, with Indonesia to take over in October.