CICA Secretary General Ambassador Kairat Sarybay met with Mr. Kaha Imnadze, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Asia and Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA). During the meeting, Ambassador Sarybay provided an overview of CICA’s history, development, and the establishment of its advisory bodies. […]
Turkmenistan took part in the CICA Youth Forum
On 12 October 2023, the sixth meeting of the Youth Council of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA) was held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, which was also attended by the delegation of Turkmenistan, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports. The event brought together the representatives of national structures, state bodies responsible for work […]
During its CICA Chairmanship, Kazakhstan will focus on enhancing connectivity in Asia
Kazakhstan and CICA (Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia) have signed a roadmap for the Implementation of the Kazakh Chairmanship’s Priorities in CICA for 2023-2024. The document was signed in Astana on 22 February 2023 in Astana by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Kanat Tumysh, and the Secretary General […]
CICA: Formation of the Asian Counterweight
Asia is getting traction. The time has come to launch international mechanisms that had previously been constructed and governed for nearly 30 years, in order to consolidate them into a single structure – clear, stable and running smoothly. Considering the fact that the world situation is now in dire need of this. These meetings on […]
The CICA Summit in Astana – emerging political force in Eurasia
On 13 October 2022, the 6th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) was held in Astana under the chairmanship of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The key outcome of the summit was the adoption of the Astana Declaration, which laid the foundation for a full-scale transformation of the CICA from a […]
Astana prepares for tough schedule of high events in mid-October
The foreign ministry of Kazakhstan announced the schedule of high-level events to be held in Astana in mid-October. They include: 6th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA) – on 13 October CIS Council of Heads of State Summit – on 14 October Central Asia – Russia Summit – on […]
Tapping the potential of CICA
CICA is an abbreviation known for a long time to world politicians and often heard on international platforms. The Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia is a structure with a 27-year history, extensive geography and, so far, it seems, not fully realized potential. In the future, the CICA has every chance of […]