Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) is a forum aimed at enhancing cooperation through elaborating multilateral approaches towards promoting peace, security and stability in Asia. CICA was established at the initiative of President Nursultan Nazarbaev of Kazakhstan outlined at the 47th UNGA in 1992. It currently has 24 members. India has been a member right since CICA's inception. Eight countries (Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Qatar, Ukraine and USA) and three international organizations (the United Nations, the OSCE and the League of Arab States) are Observers in CICA.
CICA has a Secretariat based in Almaty since June 2006. CICA holds its Summits (HOS/HOG level) every four years. Three Summits have been held so far, in 2002, 2006 and 2010. Special Working Group (SWG) and Senior Officials Committee (SOC) meetings are held periodically to discuss further cooperation and related activities among CICA member states in mutually agreed areas. The last CICA SWG and SOC meetings were held in Istanbul, Turkey from 28-29 February 2012.
India has been associated with the CICA process and its activities since the beginning. India believes that CICA can help contribute to the development of a cooperative framework in Asia, based on mutual understanding, trust and sovereign equality. India has emphasized a stepby- step approach in CICA, rooted in the realities of Asia taking into account interests and consensus of all Member States. India has underlined that CICA should focus on implementing CBMs in areas already identified in the 2004 CICA Catalogue of CBMs and the 2007 Cooperative Approach for the Implementation of CICA CBMs. India hosted a CICA Special Working Group /Senior Officials Committee meeting from 18-20 February 2009 in New Delhi. India has seconded an officer of the Government of India to the CICA Secretariat located in Almaty since April 2007. India has volunteered to cocoordinate the CBMs on Energy Security with the Republic of Korea and CBMs in the field of developing secure and effective transportation corridors with Azerbaijan.
CICA has a Secretariat based in Almaty since June 2006. CICA holds its Summits (HOS/HOG level) every four years. Three Summits have been held so far, in 2002, 2006 and 2010. Special Working Group (SWG) and Senior Officials Committee (SOC) meetings are held periodically to discuss further cooperation and related activities among CICA member states in mutually agreed areas. The last CICA SWG and SOC meetings were held in Istanbul, Turkey from 28-29 February 2012.
India has been associated with the CICA process and its activities since the beginning. India believes that CICA can help contribute to the development of a cooperative framework in Asia, based on mutual understanding, trust and sovereign equality. India has emphasized a stepby- step approach in CICA, rooted in the realities of Asia taking into account interests and consensus of all Member States. India has underlined that CICA should focus on implementing CBMs in areas already identified in the 2004 CICA Catalogue of CBMs and the 2007 Cooperative Approach for the Implementation of CICA CBMs. India hosted a CICA Special Working Group /Senior Officials Committee meeting from 18-20 February 2009 in New Delhi. India has seconded an officer of the Government of India to the CICA Secretariat located in Almaty since April 2007. India has volunteered to cocoordinate the CBMs on Energy Security with the Republic of Korea and CBMs in the field of developing secure and effective transportation corridors with Azerbaijan.
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