Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Thailand shared updates on the latest developments and expressed Thailand’s support for cooperation in the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) framework, during a courtesy call by the Executive Director of the CICA Secretariat.

On 28 March 2022 H.E. Mr. Kairat Sarybay, the Executive Director of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) paid a courtesy call on H.E. Mr. Vijavat Isarabhakdi, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of his visit to Thailand to attend the 9th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) Secretariat.

Both sides shared updates on the latest developments in CICA, while the Vice Minister expressed Thailand’s support for cooperation in the CICA framework. The Executive Director informed the Thai side of the preparations being made for the 6th CICA Summit on 12 - 13 October 2022 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, and reiterated his invitation for Thailand to participate in the Summit.

The Vice Minister also reaffirmed Thailand’s full support in fulfilling its role as the coordinator in Sustainable Development and the co-coordinator in the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) respectively in the CICA framework. He also commended Kazakhstan’s active role and leadership as the current Chairman of CICA.

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