Kazakhstan to host CICA jubilee session

Participants will exchange their views on current topics, in particular, the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, Afghanistan situation, non-proliferation issues, combating transnational crime, as well as the priorities of economic cooperation within the CICA.

The meeting will be attended by delegations from 24 CICA member states.

Among the guests are foreign ministers of eight states and heads of 14 international organizations.

CICA is an intergovernmental forum for enhancing cooperation towards promoting peace, security and stability in Asia. It is a forum based on the recognition that there is close link between peace, security and stability in Asia and in the rest of the world.

The idea of convening the CICA was first proposed by Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev on 5 October 1992, at the 47th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

October 5 is the 20th anniversary of the Kazakh President's initiative to convene the CICA.

Today the CICA includes Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, the United Arab Emirates, Palestine, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Korea. The United States, Japan, Ukraine, Indonesia, Malaysia, Qatar, Bangladesh, the Philippines, and the United Nations, the Arab League and the OSCE have observer status.