28 April 2016

News Story: Cooperation, dialogue promote sustainable security in Asia

BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Only through cooperation and dialogue can Asian countries promote sustainable security which is in their common interests.

The fifth regular foreign ministers' meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) is scheduled to be held in Beijing on Wednesday and Thursday. Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the meeting and deliver a speech.

The meeting is aimed at deepening cooperation through dialogue and promoting sustainable security in Asia through cooperation.

Established in 1992, CICA has become an important platform for Asian countries to conduct dialogue, build trust and promote cooperation.

CICA now has 26 members and 12 observers, covering almost the entire Asia.

For more than two decades, CICA has grown into a regional mechanism of dialogue and cooperation on security.

Security in Asia is in the common interests of all countries in the region and should not be achieved at the expense of other countries.

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