Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation meeting, Perth, October-November 2013

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Minister for External Affairs of India, Hon. Salman Khurshid meet in Perth for the Foreign Ministers' Framework Dialogue.

The 20 member states of IORA.

Australia, Bangladesh, Comoros, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Sultanate of Oman, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

The IORA plenary.

Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop chairs the IORA plenary.

IORA Ministers and officials meet some Australian animals at Sandalford Winery in Western Australia’s Swan Valley wine region.

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IORA Ministers and officials take part in a tour of Sandalford Winery in Western Australia’s Swan Valley wine region.

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Jean-Paul Adam, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Seychelles with a wombat from Caversham Wildlife Park.

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Ulrich Andriantiana, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Madagascar meets a wombat from Caversham Wildlife Park.

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(L-R) Fadhl Al-Maghafi, Minister Plenipotentiary, Yemen; Henrique Alberto Banze, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mozambique; Ms Bishop; Ulrich Andriantiana, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Madagascar); and Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa with a joey from Caversham Wildlife Park.

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K.V. Bhagirath, Secretary-General of IORA pats a wombat at Sandalford Winery in WA’s Swan Valley.

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(L-R) Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa and Fadhl Al-Maghafi, Minister Plenipotentiary, Yemen with a joey from Caversham Wildlife Park.

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John Michael Haule, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tanzania pats a koala at Sandalford Winery in WA’s Swan Valley.

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