IONS 2018 consists of 23 permanent members and 9 observers, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi told a press conference Saturday.
The Indian Ocean Naval Symposium is the biggest military summit in Iran‘s history and its hosting has been ceded to Iran for two years.
The Indian Ocean Naval Symposium, commonly known as IONS, is a series of biennial meetings among the littoral states of the Indian Ocean region.