asia, i express my sincere gratitude to the president of the republic of kazakhstan, esteemed artemelovichr the traditional hospitality and the creation of excellent conditions for our meeting. dear colleagues this year, on october 5 , our cooperation within the framework of the forum turned 30 years old. during this period, the conference on interaction of confidence building measures in asia, as a multilateral forum covering different civilizations and regions, has gone through a consistent path from concept to creation of an effective platform dialogue and cooperation in the field of security in the asian region. at present, the meeting is an already established mechanism for the implementation of measures to build confidence in the political economic humanitarian spheres, as well as to counter common challenges and threats to security and stability. active participation in its activities. we