Asian leaders to gather in Turkey for CICA
Leaders of several Central Asian countries will convene in İstanbul for a Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit June 7-9.
The conference will be attended by leaders of member countries including Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Putin may be accompanied by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Turkey will take over the term presidency of CICA from Kazakhstan, which still continues to head the organization. CICA was established under an initiative by Kazakh President Nazarbayev in 1992. Nazarbayev offered the next term presidency to Turkey in a letter to Turkey President Abdullah Gül, and Turkish and Kazakh authorities worked together to enable high-level cooperation on both the presidency handover and the summit.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Kyrgyz interim leader Roza Otunbayeva, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton are expected to attend, as well as high-level Israeli and US representatives. The prime ministers of Oman, China, Cambodia and Jordan have also been invited to come to İstanbul.
CICA currently has 20 member states: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Palestine, South Korea, Russia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan. Vietnam is soon expected to join as the 21st member. The agenda of the meeting in Turkey is expected to cover discussions over nuclear weapons.
04 June 2010, Friday
SÜLEYMAN KURT / FARUK AKKAN ANKARA / MOSCOW
The conference will be attended by leaders of member countries including Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Putin may be accompanied by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Turkey will take over the term presidency of CICA from Kazakhstan, which still continues to head the organization. CICA was established under an initiative by Kazakh President Nazarbayev in 1992. Nazarbayev offered the next term presidency to Turkey in a letter to Turkey President Abdullah Gül, and Turkish and Kazakh authorities worked together to enable high-level cooperation on both the presidency handover and the summit.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Kyrgyz interim leader Roza Otunbayeva, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton are expected to attend, as well as high-level Israeli and US representatives. The prime ministers of Oman, China, Cambodia and Jordan have also been invited to come to İstanbul.
CICA currently has 20 member states: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Palestine, South Korea, Russia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan. Vietnam is soon expected to join as the 21st member. The agenda of the meeting in Turkey is expected to cover discussions over nuclear weapons.
04 June 2010, Friday
SÜLEYMAN KURT / FARUK AKKAN ANKARA / MOSCOW
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