Why is the Indian Ocean important and what makes the Indian Ocean conference so special that the seventh edition of the annual event which took place in Australia’s Perth on February 9 and 10 saw ministerial representations for 17 countries? External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar too was present. The theme of the conference this year was ‘Towards a Stable and Sustainable Indian Ocean’. But what were landlocked countries such as Bhutan and Nepal doing at the conference? In this episode of ‘Simply Nitin’, StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, who was in Perth for Indian Ocean Conference 2024, gives you an on-ground perspective.
