Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 30 March 2021, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov, participating in the IX ministerial conference of the Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process Forum, held a meeting with the Executive Director of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia ( CICA) Kairat Sarybay.

During the meeting, issues of interaction between Uzbekistan within the framework of the Meeting were discussed.

K. Sarybai highly appreciated the cooperation of Uzbekistan with SVDMA, noting its long-term nature.

Currently, 27 states are members of the SVDMA: Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Vietnam, Egypt, Israel, India, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Cambodia, China, Republic of Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, UAE, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan.