CICA Special Working Group Meets in Astana

by: Fatima Badawi

An online meeting of the Special Working Group of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) was held under the chairmanship of Talgat Kaliyev, Ambassador at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, according to Kazinform news agency. The press service of the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.

During the meeting, member states reviewed a draft memorandum for establishing a partnership network among leading universities in CICA member states, the final document of the Environmental Issues Conference, and the action plan of the CICA Research Centers Forum for the year 2024.

Furthermore, participants discussed prospects for collaboration between the CICA conference and United Nations bodies such as the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). They were also briefed on progress made in conceptualization and coordination in priority areas.

Following the meeting, participants in the Senior Officials Committee (SOC) of the CICA recommended making decisions on the issues discussed at the upcoming SOC meeting on March 14, 2024, in Astana.