THE INDIAN OCEAN RIM ASSOCIATION:
* Twenty countries in the Indian Ocean region are the members
* Six countries including China, Japan and the US are dialogue partners
* Half of the world's container ships, a third of the world's bulk cargo traffic and two-thirds of the world's oil shipments travel through the region
* It has six priority areas: maritime safety and security, disaster risk management, trade and investment, fisheries management, academic, science and technology cooperation, and tourism and cultural exchanges
* This year's meeting marks the handover of IORA chairmanship from Australia to Indonesia for the next two years
- A summit-level meeting for IORA heads of state will be held in March 2017 for the group's 20th anniversary.
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