The Roadmap for the implementation of the priorities of the Kazakhstan's chairmanship in the CICA was signed

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kanat Tumysh and Secretary General of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (hereinafter referred to as CICA) Kairat Sarybai signed the Roadmap for the implementation of the priorities of the Kazakh chairmanship in CICA for 2023-2024.

The roadmap reflects progress in the implementation of the main goal set by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the sixth CICA Summit - the transformation of the Meeting into a full-fledged international organization.

The document testifies to the achievements in the implementation of the tasks of further institutional development of the Conference. In particular, significant progress has been made in the creation of the Council on Sustainable Interconnection, the institutionalization of the Financial Summit, the preparation of the High-Level Conference on Environmental Issues in 2024 in Astana, the creation of a partner network of leading universities of the Member States, as well as initiatives to support volunteer movements in the CICA region.

In his commentary on the results of the signing of the Roadmap, K. Tumysh, noting the saturation of the agenda of the Kazakh chairmanship, emphasized the importance of consistently promoting the transformation of the CICA into an international organization, maintaining a high dynamics of interaction between the member states, including within the framework of the activities of the governing and working bodies of the Meeting.

K. Tumysh expressed his gratitude to the Secretary General K. Sarybai and the staff of the Secretariat for their contribution and active assistance in the implementation of the priorities of the Kazakh chairmanship in strengthening the CICA process.