1. The 1st Summit Meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia 
(CICA) was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on June 4, 2002.  Representatives from 16 CICA Member States 
participated in the Summit, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, 
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.  The Republic of Korea 
took part on an Observer status, and its delegation included Ambassador to Kazakhstan Choi Sung-ho and 
MOFAT Director-General for Policy Planning Lee Sun-jin.

 
2. The major topic of interest at the 1st CICA Summit Meeting was ways to resolve the recent conflict 
between India and Pakistan.  Pakistani President Murrashaf delivered a keynote speech in which he declared 
that Pakistan will not initiate a war, and called for the peaceful settlement of the conflict through dialogue.  
Indian Prime Minister Vajpaee called for the suspension of assistance for the terrorist groups by the 
Pakistani government, and stated that India will engage in a dialogue if terrorist acts are stopped.  Chinese 
President Jiang and Russian President Putin played a mediator role for the resolution of the India-Pakistan 
conflict by holding bilateral talks with the leaders of these two countries respectively.

 
3. The Almaty Act was singed, and the Declaration on Eliminating Terrorism and Promoting Dialogue among 
Civilizations was adopted at the 1st CICA Summit Meeting.  The Almaty Act is on the security cooperation and 
confidence-building among the CICA Member States against security threats on Asia. The declaration 
emphasizes the denunciation of terrorist acts, measures against the fundamental cause of terrorism, and 
key role by the UN in the coalition against terrorism.

 
4. With the successful outcome of the 1st CICA Summit Meeting, CICA is expected to play a more significant 
role in the security dialogue of Asia in the future.

                                                            Spokesperson of MOFAT

* unofficial translation