President of Uzbekistan to pay visit to China

Cheng Guoping said that the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov will visit China on 20-21 May 2014 to participate in the fourth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA).

According to the Chinese official, the CICA summit will take place in Shanghai on 20-21 May 2014. The summit will be attended by heads of 40 countries of the world and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister added that the President of Uzbekistan will hold a meeting with the President of China Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the CICA summit.

Within the upcoming summit, China will officially assume presidency of the CICA for 2014-2016.

Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) is a multi-national forum for enhancing cooperation towards promoting peace, security and stability in Asia. It is a forum based on the recognition that there is close link between peace, security and stability in Asia and in the rest of the world.

The Member States, while affirming their commitment to the UN Charter, believe that peace and security in Asia can be achieved through dialogue and cooperation leading to a common indivisible area of security in Asia where all states co-exist peacefully and their peoples live in peace, freedom and prosperity.