CICA
Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia
Updated 7 November 2026
A forum of 29 Asian states, launched by Kazakhstan, working on confidence-building measures for security and cooperation in Asia; its secretariat is in Astana.
Key facts
- Founded
- 1999
- Headquarters
- Astana, Kazakhstan
- Members
- 29 states
- Chair
- Azerbaijan
- Secretary-General
- Sultan Hajiyevsince October 2026
- Last summit
- 15 October 2026Baku, Azerbaijan
- The UAE
- Member
- UAE trade with members (2025)
- $397.6 billion
Member states
- Afghanistan
- United Arab Emirates
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Bahrain
- China
- Egypt
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Cambodia
- South Korea
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Sri Lanka
- Mongolia
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Qatar
- Russia
- Thailand
- Tajikistan
- Türkiye
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam