JAKARTA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi opened the 16th Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers Meeting in Bali on Thursday, expected to produce IORA Concord concept that would be brought to IORA Summit scheduled in March next year.
"Through the IORA we have the responsibility to ensure our territories remain stable and peaceful," the minister said in her remarks to open the meeting in Indonesia's Nusa Dua, Bali as quoted in a statement released by her ministry.
Indonesia holds the IORA chair from 2015 to 2017. Indonesia puts a theme of "Strengthening Maritime Cooperation in a Peaceful and Stable Indian Ocean" under its chairmanship period.
Retno underscored that the Indian Ocean now has become the driver of global growth and IORA has turned to be a most strategic organization in the region.
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