On 15 October 2026, the Seventh Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) was held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, attended by senior officials from China, Russia and other countries.
Established in 1992, CICA currently has 28 member states and aims to promote peace, security and stability in Asia. Speaking at the summit, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said that, faced with challenges such as geopolitical competition, economic fragmentation and transnational crime, countries should uphold multilateralism, respect the UN Charter, international law and national sovereignty, and resolve disputes through peaceful means.
To deepen cooperation among member states, Hun Manet put forward four priorities:
1.Advancing the organization's transformation: Support CICA's evolution into a full international organization, and push forward the transformation roadmap and negotiations on a CICA charter.
2.Deepening economic cooperation: Strengthen trade, supply chains, energy security and connectivity, and expand tourism, education and people-to-people exchanges.
3.Jointly combating transnational online scams: Strengthen information sharing, law enforcement cooperation and cybersecurity capacity-building, and use the Phnom Penh Declaration to advance international anti-scam collaboration.
4.Strengthening international coordination: Deepen cooperation between CICA and the United Nations and other international organizations to jointly uphold the international order.
Hun Manet said Cambodia supports the adoption of the CICA Seventh Summit Baku Declaration and the Declaration on Cooperation in the Field of Security and Occupational Health, and will continue to work with all member states to advance peace, inclusiveness and prosperity in Asia.