ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is leaving for Astana, Kazakhstan today to attend the 6th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) which is starting on Wednesday.
The CICA is an intergovernmental process consisting of 27 nations from all across Asia. Established in 1992, the CICA focuses on promoting peace, security and socio-economic development in the Asian continent. Pakistan is one of its founding members.
The summit also promotes confidence-building measures under five broad domains: economic dimension, environmental dimension, human dimension, new challenges and threats, and military-political dimension.
PM Shehbaz is being accompanied by members of the federal cabinet and senior officials in the two days conference.
The prime minister will address the plenary meeting of CICA tomorrow (Thursday).
PM Shehbaz will elaborate the significance of CICA as a forum for promoting interaction, understanding, and collaboration among countries across Asia to address common challenges.
On the sidelines of the summit, the premier will hold bilateral meetings with the leaders of various CICA members states aimed at fostering greater cooperation, particularly in the fields of trade, investment, and energy.
The prime minister’s participation in the CICA Summit attests to the importance attached by Pakistan to promoting connectivity and economic cooperation in Asia, in keeping with the objectives enshrined in the CICA Charter.
