Online meeting of the Special Working Group of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) held under the Chairmanship of Talgat Kaliyev, Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Kazakhstan, El.kz cites MFA.
At the meeting, Member States reviewed the draft outcome document of the Ministerial Conference on Environmental Issues, and Action Plan of the CICA Think Tank Forum, as well as draft concept paper on Security of and in the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for 2024-2025.
In addition, participants discussed the draft joint Action Plan of the CICA and Eurasian Economic Commission, draft Memorandum of Cooperation with the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) , as well as prospects for establishing collaboration with the UN Counter-Terrorism Office.
Following the meeting, the SWG participants recommended to the CICA Senior Officials Committee to make decision upon the discussed matters at the next SOC meeting on 27 June 2024 in Astana.