Maputo, October 15, AIM/AZERTAC – On October 15, the 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) was held in Baku.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev welcomed the heads of state and government attending the event.
Opening the summit, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said:
– Esteemed heads of state and government,
Distinguished heads of delegations,
Ladies and gentlemen,
I am pleased to welcome you to Baku for the 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). I express my gratitude to all of you for accepting our invitation. I declare the 7th Summit of Heads of State and Government of CICA open.
First of all, we must approve the agenda. If there are no proposals, the agenda is approved.
One of the items on the agenda is the decision on the accession of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to CICA as a member state. This is the third item on our agenda, and I propose that we adopt the decision on the accession of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to CICA as a member state.
If there are no objections, the decision on the accession of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to CICA as a member state is adopted. Congratulations.
The admission of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic as a new CICA member is an important event that demonstrates the Conference’s growing importance and its development as a more inclusive platform for dialogue in Asia. We highly appreciate that this has taken place during Azerbaijan’s chairmanship of CICA, at the Baku Summit.
I congratulate His Excellency President Thongloun Sisoulith and all of us on the adoption of this decision.
The next item on the agenda is the speeches by the heads of delegations. With your permission, I will be the first to speak in my capacity as the incumbent Chair of CICA.