Against the backdrop of escalating global geopolitical tensions, protracted conflicts across multiple regions and a widening trust deficit among nations, the practical path for Asian security cooperation has drawn attention from the international community.

Ambassador Kairat Sarybay, Secretary General of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), sat down for an exclusive interview with CGTN. Drawing on his decades of multilateral diplomacy experience and the operational practice of the CICA mechanism, he shared insightful observations and reflections on core issues, including the fundamental challenges to current global security, as well as the Asian security value of the 7th CICA Summit held in Baku.