Uzbek president to pay visit to Baku for CICA summit

TASHKENT. Oct 13 (Interfax) - Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to Azerbaijan and participate in the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) on October 14-15, the presidential press service said on Tuesday.

"The visit will take place at the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's invitation," the press service said.

Mirziyoyev will hold a number of bilateral meetings with foreign delegation heads on the sidelines of the summit.

Baku is hosting the summit as part of Azerbaijan's chairmanship in the CICA.

The summit's agenda includes confidence-building, facilitating peace and security in Asia, and the CICA's further institutional development. Participants will discuss practical interaction in transport, digitalization of the economy, and on other priority tracks. The exchange of views on the key items on the regional and international agenda is also planned.

The Baku Declaration and the package of measures aimed at increasing the CICA's role and efficiency are to be adopted following the summit.

The CICA is an international forum created to strengthen cooperation and ensure peace, security and stability in Asia. It currently united 28 states accounting for 90% of the territory and population of the Asian continent.