Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan will lead a delegation to Kazakhstan and attend the sixth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Astana from October 12 to 13, the Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Tuesday.
The spokesperson said Wang's visit is at the invitation of the government of Kazakhstan, which holds the presidency of the CICA.
Founded on October 5, 1992, CICA is an inter-governmental forum for enhancing cooperation toward promoting peace, security and stability in Asia. It now has 27 member states and 13 observers, including eight states and five organizations.
(Cover: A file photo of Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan delivering a speech at the 2nd Dialogue on Exchanges and Mutual Learning among Civilizations via video, January 10, 2022. /Xinhua)