IOR PLUS DEFENCE MINISTERS CONCLAVE

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Context: Addressing the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) Plus Defence Ministers’ Conclave, Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh said that India is ready to supply missiles and weapon systems to friendly countries in the region.

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About IOR+ Conclave:

• The first Indian Ocean Region (IOR) Defence Ministers’ Conclave was held in Bengaluru in February 2021.
• Building on the success of the first conclave, the Defence Minister hosted an IOR+ Defence Ministers’ Conclave in Gandhinagar, Gujarat recently for the year 2022.
• The broad theme was ‘Challenges Opportunities and Collaborations in the Indian Ocean’.
• The conclave was attended by 40 countrieslocated in the Indian Ocean region.
• It facilitated dialogue towards fostering a stable and peaceful Indian Ocean, with strategic and commercial partnerships within the IOR.

Significance of IOR+ Conclave:

• The conclave is an initiative to promote dialogue in an institutional and cooperative environment that can foster peace, stability & prosperity in the IOR.
• The forum has been named IOR+as the idea of this conclave is shared responsibility and prosperity.
• At the IOR+ conclave, Shri Rajnath Singh said that India was ready to supply weapons to friendly countries in IOR to help counter the challenges.
• Through IOR+ Conclave, India showcased three significant aspects of its commitment to foster peace and prosperity in the region –
  • The first is readiness to convert its exhibition of its indigenously produced military hardware into a willingness to provide it to strategic partners in the Indian Ocean region.
  • Secondly, there is a determined push by the government to enhance exports of defence production institutions in India.
  • Thirdly, the defence production facilities of India now have a clear political backing for exports.

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