Uzbek President to attend CICA summit in Baku

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will make a working visit to Azerbaijan on 14-15 October at the invitation of President Ilham Aliyev. During the trip he will attend the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), to be held in Baku.

The forum, held under Azerbaijan's chairmanship, will consider issues including strengthening trust, peace and security across Asia and the further institutional development of the Conference. Participants will review prospects for practical cooperation in transport connectivity, digitalisation and sustainable economic growth, and will exchange views on key regional and international issues.

The summit is expected to adopt the Baku Declaration and a package of decisions aimed at raising the role and effectiveness of the organisation. On the sidelines, Mirziyoyev will hold a number of bilateral meetings with heads of foreign delegations. CICA is an international forum that brings together 28 states, covering about 90 percent of the continent's territory and population.