Idea of CICA successfully implemented in practice - Abdullah Gul
ASTANA. May 25. KAZINFORM /Rassul Bakhamov/ The idea of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) proposed by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev is successfully implemented in practice. Turkish President Abdullah Gul has announced it in Astana today.
He noted that the CICA Summit will be held in Istanbul in June and Turkey will take helm of the Organization.
The Turkish President named Kazakhstan's chairmanship in the OIC next year as an important achievement of the Kazakh foreign policy.
He also noted that today the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is headed by the Turkish representative.
Abdullah Gul noted that the negotiations with President Nursultan Nazarbayev were successful and at the highest level. "We exchanged opinions on all issues which touch upon bilateral relations and international problems", the Turkish President said.