Meenaskshi Lekhi leads Indian delegation at the 6th CICA Summit meeting at Astana

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Union Minister for External Affairs Meenaskshi Lekhi  led the Indian delegation at the 6th Conference on Confidence Building Measures and Interaction in Asia (CICA) summit  held on 12-13 October 2022 at the Kazakhstan  capital, Astana.

Replying to the Statement of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif on Kashmir she said that Pakistan is misusing the CICA for propagating malicious propaganda against India. She said that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India.

Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) 

The Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) is a multi-national forum for enhancing cooperation towards promoting peace, security and stability in Asia.

The idea of convening CICA was first proposed by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, on 5 October 1992, at the 47th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. 

27 countries including India, China, and Pakistan are members of CICA.

Summit meetings of CICA 

The First summit meeting was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 4 June 2022. It was attended by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

The second CICA summit was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on June 17, 2006

The third CICA Summit was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 8 June 2010

The Fourth CICA Summit, was held in Shanghai, China  on 21 May 2014 

The Fifth CICA Summit was held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on 15 June 2019.