Leaders of several Central Asian countries will convene in Istanbul for the CICA that will be chaired by Turkish President Abdullah Gul.
Besides Iran’s President, the conference will be attended by leaders of member countries including Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Azerbaijani President lham Aliyev, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Putin may be accompanied by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Turkey will take over the term presidency of CICA from Kazakhstan, which still continues to head the organization.
CICA was established under an initiative by Kazakh President Nazarbayev in 1992.
source : abna.ir
