Kuwait to bring added value to CICA economic dimension

Kuwait to bring added value to CICA economic dimension

By Majd Othman

KUWAIT: In October 2022, Kuwait joined the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measure in Asia (CICA) to maintain its continuous and effective role in supporting development globally. Secretary General of CICA Ambassador Kairat Sarybay visited Kuwait for practical implementation of plans through discussing the main areas of joint work, identifying further steps, stages and areas of interaction and understanding the unique contributions Kuwait can make to CICA.

Kuwait Times met Ambassador Sarybay to discuss with him the main role of Kuwait in joining this body and learn more about CICA’s main principles, goals and future vision. Sarybay said in October, Kuwait became the 28th member state at the Astana CICA Summit. He added he met Kuwait’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Salem Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Kuwait role in CICA Sarybay explained CICA focuses on development of priority areas within five confidence-building dimensions — military-political, new challenges and threats, economic, environment and human.

He clarified Kuwait probably will consider taking over coordination or co-coordination in one of the priority areas of trade and investment (under the economic dimension), due the vast experience and significant investment potential that Kuwait enjoys, which will bring added value to the implementation of this confidence-building