📆 On October 15, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will take part in the 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (#CICA) in Baku. The event will address CICA’s continued development, including its role in the broader framework of cooperation between platforms across Eurasia. Discussions will cover a wide range of areas of practical cooperation on CICA’s agenda, including support for small and medium-sized enterprises and international information security, both coordinated by Russia. Participants will also exchange views on current international and regional issues. 🌐 CICA comprises 28 countries: Russia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Vietnam, Egypt, Israel, India, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, China, Kuwait, Mongolia, the UAE, Palestine, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkiye, Uzbekistan and Sri Lanka. The Summit is expected to approve Laos’s accession as a full member. Observers (Belarus, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, the Philippines, the League of Arab States, the International Organization for Migration and the UN) and partner organisations (the Economic Cooperation Organization, the SCO, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime) have also been invited. The Summit’s agenda will focus on ensuring sustainable development in the region and strengthening connectivity across the continent, as well as countering emerging challenges and threats, including those in international information security. During the event, the Russian Side intends to draw its partners’ attention to the transformation of the system of international relations as a new, more just #MultipolarWorld order takes shape. 📃 The Summit is expected to adopt a general political declaration and a thematic document on improving occupational safety standards. *** 🇷🇺 Russia has been a CICA member since its inception. Russian proposals and projects within the association seek to promote cooperation based on equality and mutual benefit, with a focus on tangible results. In 2021, Russia’s proposal to include cooperation on international information security in the CICA Catalogue of Confidence Building Measures was endorsed. Russia coordinates cooperation in this area. We regularly hold seminars on the sustainable development of the Internet, security in the use of ICTs and efforts to counter their use for criminal purposes. ☝️ Russia promotes the preservation of historical memory within CICA. At Moscow’s initiative, a ministerial statement marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in World War II was adopted in September 2025. Read in full