IORA Member Countries Senior Officials Preparing Outcome Documents for Leaders Summit
Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister pose with ministers and heads of delegations of IORA Member Countries at the Welcoming Dinner held at Pancasila Building, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta, Sunday (5/3. (Photo by: Dit Infomed Kemlu)
The meeting of senior officials of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) member countries which is the first agenda of the IORA Summit, has managed to prepare the outcome documents. Today, the results of the discussion will be conveyed at the Ministerial Summit.
The ministers will then report the resultsto the leaders during the Leaders Summit on Tuesday (7/3)
The main agenda of todays meetings is preparing outcome documents, which include the IORA Concord, the IORA Plan of Action which contains a number of action plans for the next four years, and the declaration on the prevention of and fight against terrorism and extremism violence, said Director General of Asia, Pacific, and Africa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Desra Percaya in a joint press briefing with IORA Secretary General K.V. Bhagirath at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Sunday (5/3).
The IORA Concord, Desra said, is the initiative of Indonesias chairmanship and has gained supports from all IORA member countries. He added that the senior official meeting also discussed technical aspects for the Ministerial Level Meeting and the Leaders Summit, such as preparations for the signing of the outcome documents.
In the meantime, IORA Secretary General K.V. Bhagirath expressed his appreciation for the success of Indonesias chairmanship during the period of 2015-2017. Indonesias initiative has managed to gather 21 member countries in the Leaders Summit is the first time in IORAs 20-year of history and will become a game changer, Bhagirath said.
Bhagirath also believes that the IORA Leaders Summit will bring forward the cooperation among IORA members. He added that later on, the task of the IORA Secretaryis to implement agreements that have been made.
On Monday (6/3), Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno L.P. Marsudi is scheduled to open and preside over the ministerial meeting.
In the meantime, President Joko Jokowi Widodo is also slated to deliver his remarks regarding IORA cooperation towards a prosperous and sustainable future at the Business Summit adopting the theme IORA: Building Partnership for Sustainable and Equitable Economic Growth. (Dit Infomed Kemlu/ES) (EP/YM/Naster)
