APKazakhstan has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Conference on Confidence Building Measures and Interaction in Asia (CICA) summit, which it is hosting in capital Astana on October 12-13.
The event, which comes close on the heels of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, will give Central Asian nations an opportunity to expand ties with India.
"This summit, to held in the year of the 30th anniversary of the CICA and to which the leaders of all participants and observers, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are invited, should become an important milestone in the consolidation of the countries of the region with the world community in the face of modern challenges and threats," a Kazakh government official told ET.
The then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee attended the first CICA Summit in July 2002 in Kazakhstan. A decree was signed to revert the name of Kazakhstan capital back to Astana from Nursultan.
Since independence in 1991, Kazakhstan, as well as the Central Asian region, has begun to attract more attention from the international community. Kazakhstan is the biggest and most resource-rich nation in the region. The region is not only rich in mineral resources but also pursuing a balanced and multi-vector foreign policy and this aroused the interest of all world powers.
The event, which comes close on the heels of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, will give Central Asian nations an opportunity to expand ties with India.
"This summit, to held in the year of the 30th anniversary of the CICA and to which the leaders of all participants and observers, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are invited, should become an important milestone in the consolidation of the countries of the region with the world community in the face of modern challenges and threats," a Kazakh government official told ET.
The then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee attended the first CICA Summit in July 2002 in Kazakhstan. A decree was signed to revert the name of Kazakhstan capital back to Astana from Nursultan.
Since independence in 1991, Kazakhstan, as well as the Central Asian region, has begun to attract more attention from the international community. Kazakhstan is the biggest and most resource-rich nation in the region. The region is not only rich in mineral resources but also pursuing a balanced and multi-vector foreign policy and this aroused the interest of all world powers.
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