External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addresses the eighth Indian Ocean Conference in Muscat, on February 16, 2025. Photo: X/@DrSJaishankar The Indian Ocean is veritably a global lifeline, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday (February 16, 2025), as he asked the countries in the region to look out for each other, supplement their strengths and coordinate their policies to fulfil its development, connectivity, maritime and security aspirations. Mr. Jaishankar addressed the inaugural session of the 8th Indian Ocean Conference in Muscat on “Voyage to New Horizons of Maritime Partnership.’ “The Indian Ocean is veritably a global lifeline. Its production, consumption, contribution and connectivity are central to the manner in which the world runs today,” he said. “Our voyage to new horizons is best done as a coordinated flotilla of the Indian Ocean. We are understandably a diverse group in terms of history, geography, development, politics or culture. But what unites us is a common devotion to the well-being of the Indian Ocean region,” he said. Pleased to address the inaugural session of 08th Indian …