Astana to host forum of CICA ethnic and cultural unions

ASTANA. April 29. KAZINFORM. Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Information in association with the People?s Assembly of Kazakhstan will hold a forum of ethnocultural unions of CICA member states on May 1 in Astana.
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The forum will be aimed at exchanging experience in ethnic and cultural policy, developing cooperation between the CICA countries in cultural and humanitarian spheres. Representatives of 19 CICA states will meet with Kazakh Minister of Culture and Information Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed and attend a Festival of Peoples? Friendship. A roundtable on ?Development of Intercultural Dialog in Asia, Experience and Prospects? will be held within the framework of the forum in the Astana Palace of Peace and Accord. The Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) was established in 1992 at the initiative of President of Kazakhstan with the purpose of joining efforts to ensure security in Asia. The organization includes 20 states. Kazakhstan will chair the CICA till 2010.
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