Kazakh president: Iran's nuclear program must be resolved diplomatically

Kazakhstan, Astana, Sept. 12 / Trend D. Mukhtarov / Iran's nuclear program must be resolved diplomatically, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said at the opening of the jubilee session of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). "Regarding Iran's nuclear program, it must be resolved only diplomatically," Nazarbayev said. A jubilee session and IV Meeting of CICA Foreign Ministers have started at the Palace of Independence in Astana today. The twentieth anniversary of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's proclaiming the initiative at the UN General Assembly to convene the CICA by will be marked on Oct. 5. A declaration of the anniversary meeting of ministers will be adopted following the session. It is designed to give a new impetus to the efforts of a meeting towards promoting peace, security and stability in Asia. According to the Almaty Act as of 2002, the CICA operates on the basis of consensus, voluntary, gradual and convenient principles for all participants. CICA Secretariat is located in Almaty. Nazarbayev said that Kazakhstan welcomes China's desire to receive the mission of the CICA chairman next year. CICA includes Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Vietnam, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, the United Arab Emirates, Palestine, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Republic of Korea. The U.S, Japan, Ukraine, Indonesia, Malaysia, Qatar, Bangladesh, the Philippines, and the United Nations, the Arab League and the OSCE have an observer status. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az