Raeisi will leave for Kazakhstan on Thursday to participate in the 6th edition of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) to be held in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on October 12 and 13.
During this one-day trip, in addition to delivering a speech at the CICA Sixth Summit, the President will also meet and meet with several leaders of the countries attending the summit.
Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov announced at a press conference that the summit would be led by President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
According to him, the heads of the 11 countries, which join the Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia, Turkey, Pakistan, Qatar, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Palestine and Tajikistan, are expected to participate in CICA. summit.
Some member countries will participate in the summit as Vice Minister or Vice President.
The fourth edition of the CICA Summit was held in Shanghai, China in May 2014, while its fifth edition was held in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, in June 2019.
CICA is a foreign forum for strengthening cooperation with the aim of ensuring peace, security and stability in Asia.
Currently, CICA has 22 members and 12 observer members, foreign organizations such as the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Arab League and several countries, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, Ukraine and the United States. . .
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