MFA and CICA discuss OSDA establishment
21:07, 21 August 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Today in Astana the Minister of Foreign Affairs Erlan Idrissov has met with the newly appointed Executive Director of the Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), Ambassador Gong Jianwei, the press service of the Ministry reported.
During the meeting the parties discussed the results of the IV CICA Summit held on May 21 in Shanghai, as well as the further development of the CICA process. The Kazakh side reiterated the importance of further institutional strengthening of the CICA and creation on its basis of the Organization for Security and Development in Asia (OSDA). Particular attention was paid to the meeting on confidence-building measures in the measurements of the CICA. The Minister informed about the Meetings of military experts of the CICA and their visit of military bases stationed in Astana.