美国致力于与区域伙伴合作，寻求自由、开放和繁荣的印度洋及更广泛的印太地区。我们对印度太平洋的愿景基于共同的价值观、相互合作，以及对基于规则的秩序的承诺。这包括航行和飞越自由、和平解决争端、基础设施发展和援助中的透明度和问责、私营部门主导的增长，以及为该地区人民谋福利的善治。

美国自2012年以来一直是一个环印联盟对话伙伴，我们为此骄傲。过去几年我们加强了在环印联盟的参与—特别是在女性经济赋能、蓝色经济和海事安全与保障方面—这见证了我们对环印联盟这个组织的承诺，以及我们对一个繁荣、安全、包容和互联互通的地区的共同愿景。

南亚和中亚事务局代理副助理国务卿Thomas L. Vajda讲话

环印度洋联盟（IORA）部长理事会会议

南非德班

2018年11月2日

链接：https://www.state.gov/p/sca/rls/rmks/2018/287094.htm

The United States is committed to cooperating with regional partners in pursuit of a free, open and prosperous Indian Ocean and broader Indo-Pacific region. Our vision for the Indo-Pacific is grounded in shared values, mutual cooperation, and a commitment to a rules-based order. That includes freedom of navigation and overflight, peaceful resolution of disputes, transparency and accountability in infrastructure development and assistance, private sector led growth, and good governance for the benefit of the people in the region. 

The United States is proud to have been an IORA Dialogue Partner since 2012, and our increased engagement in IORA in the past few years—especially on women’s economic empowerment, blue economy and maritime safety and security—is a testament to our commitment to IORA as an institution, and to our common vision for a region that is prosperous, safe, inclusive, and interconnected. 

Remarks by Thomas L. Vajda 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, 

Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers Meeting

Durban, South Africa

November 2, 2018

Link: https://www.state.gov/p/sca/rls/rmks/2018/287094.htm