00:00As a forum, I think SICA has a great potential to foster increasing cooperation amongst all the member countries
00:09and in the continent for greater development, peace and prosperity for all the peoples.
00:22For more than three decades, the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia, or SICA,
00:28has provided a forum for countries across Asia to meet.
00:53Inkişaf etmək üçün imkanları əhmiyyətli dərəcədə möhkəmlənmişdir.
00:59Today, its 28 members include countries with very different political systems, economies and foreign policy priorities.
01:06That diversity has shaped both SICA's identity and the way it works.
01:11I was very happy to hear the concerns and the issues raised by the various heads of delegation and state
01:19heads who are participating in this conference.
01:21Azerbaijan has chaired the conference since 2024, and its chairmanship has expanded on making cooperation more practical.
01:29The contribution of the result of this summit will transform the geopolitical map into the very conducive and very fruitful
01:41atmosphere.
01:45Global architecture with the new fruitful and very productive mapping and global map.
01:53Another focus was on a stronger institutional framework and how to combat issues together.
01:59Migration is one of those global challenges.
02:02Asia is the continent that has all types of migration challenges.
02:09But also there are a number of conflicts that have produced internally displaced persons.
02:20members work across a variety of areas, including finance, business, education, youth, women's participation and AI.
02:30Here in SICA, we have a very important opportunity to come together and look at the major issues.
02:38Here in SICA, we've been speaking about artificial intelligence, the threat of climate change.
02:45SICA is now moving into a new phase.
02:47And the next chapter will not be defined only by what's agreed at this summit, but by whether the members
02:53can turn those decisions into sustained cooperation.
