After two formal initiatives of President Nazarbayev, 1992, 10 and 1993, 1993 held the first expert meeting in March, and the CICA process was officially launched (but now CICA is generally established from 1992). Due to the complexity of political and economic factors in Asia and a series of major changes in the world security situation after the Cold War, the CICA construction process foreseen by President Nazarbayev is not smooth. Despite the tenacious promotion of Kazakhstan, the initiator, and the extensive support of Asian countries and the international community, the actual development process of CICA is still quite different from the original plan. Since the first expert meeting was held in March 1993, the development of CICA can be roughly divided into the following periods.

Preparatory period for demonstration (March 1993 to February 1996). Due to the Kazakh government's active diplomatic efforts in Asian countries and the international community, scholars from many Asian countries began to attend CICA expert meetings. 1994, 10 in June, the third CICA expert meeting decided to set up a special working group to prepare for the CICA foreign ministers' meeting. By February, CICA had held three expert meetings and four task force meetings.

Diplomatic coordination period (1February 1996 to 20065438+0 65438+1October). At the same time, CICA held two meetings of vice foreign ministers (165438 on February 1996 and165438 on February 1997). Representatives of various countries expressed their views on the establishment of CICA rules according to their respective regional interests. Most countries have a positive attitude towards CICA becoming another forum in Asia to discuss regional security issues and realize mutual trust and dialogue. The CICA foreign ministers' meetings held in1September 1999 and1October respectively began to discuss and agree on the principles of mutual relations among member States and the plan to establish a mechanism for ensuring stability and security in the Asian region, and jointly signed the Declaration on Guiding Principles of Mutual Relations among CICA Member States.

High-level dialogue period (2006 1 year 1 year to 2004 1 year). On the basis of the previous meeting of CICA foreign ministers and deputy foreign ministers, the Kazakh government began to promote the meeting of heads of state of CICA member States in early May, 2006. To this end, Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent ministers and deputy ministers as special envoys of the President to lobby relevant countries and the United Nations, and submitted a personal letter from President Nazarbayev to all countries and the then Secretary-General of the United Nations, proposing to hold the first summit meeting of CICA member States in Almaty on May 25-26, 2006. "After 9? After the "1 1" incident, the first CICA summit was postponed to June 2002. At this meeting, the heads of state jointly issued the Almaty Document and the Declaration on Eliminating Terrorism and Promoting Dialogue among Civilizations. From 5 June to138 October 2004, the third CICA Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held. The meeting adopted the Catalogue of CICA Confidence Measures and CICA Rules of Procedure, which laid a legal foundation for CICA to become a regional mutual trust and security mechanism.

Mechanism improvement period (2004 10 to present). Following the third CICA Foreign Ministers' Meeting, the second CICA Heads of State Meeting was held in Almaty in June 2006. At the summit, countries adopted the CICA Secretariat Agreement, which further created conditions for CICA to become a permanent institutional forum in Asia. From June 5 to1October 38, 2009, the meeting of CICA Senior Officials Committee was held in Beijing International Club. Representatives of member countries fully exchanged views on the potential security risks in Asia after the global financial crisis, and conducted in-depth discussions on continuing to improve CICA mutual trust measures and security dialogue mechanism. On June 20 10, the third CICA summit was held for the first time in Istanbul, a city outside Kazakhstan, which indicated that the CICA concept was being accepted by more Asian countries. At the meeting, countries * * * signed the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the CICA Secretariat, its staff and members' representatives, which made CICA a step towards a formal international organization. 20 12 September, the fourth CICA foreign ministers' meeting was held in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan. The meeting adopted a declaration, in which the foreign ministers of the member countries expressed their support for People's Republic of China (PRC) as the president of CICA.