The commitment was made by Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan at the 3rd CICA summit in Istanbul, Turkey.

With the aim of seeking appropriate concerted approach for the regional security issues, the summit focused on measures to coordinate member states’ actions regarding peace and security issues.
Addressing the summit, Vice State President Doan welcomed the event’s theme, saying that today, apart from achievements, Asia is being faced with many challenges arising from the global economic and financial crisis, trans-national crime, climate change and diseases.

No single region or nation, she stressed, could address those issues. More efforts are needed to seek a long-term solution to the development in Asia. She underlined that a mechanism for coordination between ASEAN and CICA will improve the activities and status of both organizations on the international arena.

Ms Doan praised the progress made by CICA over the past two decades, saying that the conference has displayed its role as an important dialogue for narrowing differences and building confidence in Asia, contributing to construction of peace, security and prosperity of countries in the region.     Speaking to the press, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Cuong said Vietnam’s becoming a CICA official member was of great significance to Vietnam and CICA. It also shows Vietnam’s responsibility for contributing to security, peace, cooperation and development issues in the region.

CICA, which has 22 member countries from all sub-regions of Asia including Central Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Middle East, was established in 1993 at the initiative of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev as a forum for dialogue and consultations and promotion of confidence building measures among its members on security and development.

VNA