(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Vugar Khalilov
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has stated that
regional cooperation formats have grown in importance in recent
years, Azernews reports, citing the ministry.
Bayramov made the remarks at a meeting with the Conference on
Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA)
executive director Kayrat Saribay on July 6, the report added.
Welcoming the executive director, the top diplomat said that
Azerbaijan values cooperation within the framework of CICA. He
added that the importance of regional cooperation formats has come
to the fore in the current period.
The tripartite cooperation formats executed with Azerbaijan's
involvement, including the recent Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan-Turkey
foreign affairs and transport ministers' meeting in Baku, were
emphasized in this respect. The importance of transport
connectivity, as well as the development of the East-West Middle
Corridor, was stressed.
Saribay, for his part, remarked that the visit program to
Azerbaijan is fascinating and that the discussions with key
institutions are valuable in terms of receiving thorough
information on topics vital to CICA. He was pleased to see that
Azerbaijan always actively engages within the scope of CICA.
Describing transportation connectivity as one of the most
pressing concerns for CICA, Saribay stressed that Azerbaijan was
chosen for its positive stance in this respect.
The parties discussed the transformation of CICA, the
orientation of the institution's activities on issues of common
interest and current concerns, preparations for the upcoming
summit, and regional issues during the meeting.
The Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures
in Asia (CICA) is a multi-national forum for fostering peace,
security, and stability in Asia. The forum was founded on the
premise that peace, security, and stability in Asia and in the rest
of the globe are inextricably linked.
While expressing their commitment to the UN Charter, the member
states believe that discussion and collaboration may lead to a
single indivisible area of security in Asia, where all states
coexist peacefully and their peoples live in peace, freedom, and
prosperity.
The Declaration on the Principles Guiding Relations between the
CICA Member States, adopted at the First Meeting of Ministers of
Foreign Affairs held in Almaty on September 14, 1999, and the
Almaty Act, CICA's charter, adopted at the First Summit held in
Almaty on June 4, 2002, are the two founding documents of CICA.
These two publications served as a springboard for CICA's future
development.
The CICA Secretariat, the organization's administrative body, is
based in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. The executive director is
nominated by the chairing nation, as are the deputy executive
director and professional personnel, who are seconded by the member
states.
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