Senator the Hon. Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs meets Maldives’ Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sheryna Abdul Samad, at the Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) in Perth on Saturday 10 February, 2024.
More than 400 delegates from across the Indian Ocean region and beyond are attending the conference on 9-10 February. This is the first time this gathering has been held in Australia, as host. The theme of the conference is “Towards a Stable and Sustainable Indian Ocean”.