- Recently the Indian Ocean Rim Association meeting was held in Sri Lanka.
- This was the 23rd meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association.
- Sri Lanka was represented at the meeting held in Colombo.
- After this meeting Sri Lanka was handed over the chairmanship of IORA.
- Sri Lanka will now be the Chairman of IORA from 2023 to 2025.
- Earlier, this organization was chaired by Bangladesh from 2021 to 2023.
- The Indian Ocean Rim Association was established in the year 1997.
- At present it has 23 member countries of the Indian Ocean region.