Political-military dimension of conference on interaction and confi dence building measures in Asia

Abstract

This article discusses political-military dimension of Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). Focusing on the main instrument of the CICA- CICA Catalogue, which was adopted at the second meeting of Foreign Ministers of CICA October 22, 2004 in Almaty, the author reveals the essence of this dimension. Under this young organization considered such documents as: Catalogue of Confidence on October 22, 2004, the Declaration of the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia, Conclusions of the Third Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of CICA and the Report on the scientific and practical conference «CICA: from the idea to the construction of the security architecture in Asia.» The author analyzes these meetings, and describes perspective of these meetings. Talking about the cooperation of the CICA Member States in the field of security and further development of the military-political dimension, the authors concluded that, for this purpose it is advisable to begin the practical work that will eventually become one of the most important areas of the Catalogue of Confidence Building Measures.