The State of Qatar participated on Tuesday in the sixth ministerial meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), which is being held in the Kazakh capital of Nur-Sultan. The State of Qatar's participating delegation in the conference was headed by HE Deputy Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. During the State of Qatar's speech that His Excellency has delivered, he extended thanks and appreciation to the Republic of Kazakhstan - which is the current President of the CICA conference, for its hospitality and well-organized meeting. His Excellency expressed Qatar's positive appreciation for CICA's path during the past thirty years since its establishment, at the initiative of HE First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, as a forum for dialogue and unifying the efforts of a wide group of Asian countries to participate in the activity of establishing security and stability in Asia, and to establish a comprehensive membership network in order to confront the emerging challenges and threats in the region, which are still hotbeds of terrorism and regional conflicts. In this context, His Excellency said that it is difficult to overestimate the value of CICA's confidence-building catalogue, which includes a broad concept of stability and security issues in their political, economic, cultural, humanitarian, counter-terrorism, and other dimensions that contribute to strengthening multilateral cooperation among member states. This meeting is being held under international circumstances and conditions that has become very complex in the recent years, as in addition to conflicts, escalating crises and international terrorism around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a new threat and a serious challenge, especially for those living in conflict areas, His Excellency added. His Excellency highlighted Qatar's acknowledgement that multilateral cooperation is the only way to meet the challenges of epidemics, climate change and the environment in general, which is why Qatar has provided assistance to many countries of the world, in order to confront and control the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic, in addition to its active participation in international efforts in mobilizing resources and energies to confront this pandemic and its repercussions. He also pointed out Qatar's role in supporting research centers in several countries to reduce the serious negative repercussions of the pandemic, to ensure the efficiency of health care, especially in the least developed countries.