Forty-five Indo-Pacific countries unite in Manila to strengthen maritime cooperation via IORIS

Tamara Ceaikovski

In the coming three days, more than 120 officials representing 45 countries in the Indo-Pacific meet in Manila to strengthen the multinational governance of IORIS — the coordination and information-sharing platform developed and implemented by the EU CRIMARIO project since 2018 — during the 3rd IORIS Steering Committee Policy Board and Working Groups Meeting .   Opening the event, the EU Ambassador to the Philippines Massimo Santoro remarked: “The collective presence of all partners and