Kairat Sarybay, Secretary General of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), said on X that he praised Azerbaijan’s leadership within the organisation during a meeting with presidential aide Hikmat Hajiyev.

In recent years, Azerbaijan’s international integration has increasingly followed a clearly defined strategic formula built on four core pillars: multi-vector diplomacy, connectivity and transport expansion, energy and green transition diplomacy, and active multilateral engagement.

A two-day forum titled “Resonance of Development and Security: Regional Cooperation and Governance in the Institutional Transformation of CICA” has opened in Baku.

The 8th Plenary Session of the Business Council of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) and the 10th CICA Business Forum took place in Baku on Tuesday.

Azerbaijan plans to hold a CICA forum on digital transformation and innovation this year.

Baku will host the 2026 summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), where heads of state and government will convene.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Kairat Sarybay, Secretary General of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), on January 15.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov on Tuesday outlined the priorities of the country’s CICA Chairmanship for 2024-2026.

Kazakhstan is set to handover the chairmanship of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) to Azerbaijan within COP29, scheduled to take place this November.