Speaking at noon on Wednesday at Mehrabad Airport before leaving for Kazakhstan in order to participate in the sixth summit of the heads of member states of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), Ayatollah Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi said, "This trip is happening at the invitation of the President of Kazakhstan to participate in the CICA summit, and the focus of this summit will be interaction and constructive and trust-building measures in Asia".Pointing out that this is the 6th meeting of the heads of member states of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Astana, Kazakhstan, the President noted, "The foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Popular Administration is to pay attention to regional and extra-regional organisations and institutions".Ayatollah Raisi emphasised that cooperation with regional and extra-regional organisations will have a good capacity to strengthen the policy of convergence with neighbors and multilateralism, and stated, "By cooperating with these organisations, including CICA, we can establish a good relationship with the economic infrastructure of Asia".Stating that the first step in strengthening the policy of relations with neighbors has been established by establishing mutual political trust with regional and neighboring countries, the President said, "The next step will be the role of the Islamic Republic of Iran as a strong capacity and country".Referring to the huge capacities of the Islamic Republic of Iran as an opportunity for Asian countries, Dr Raisi noted, "Mutual cooperation between Iran and Asian countries is a great opportunity that can bring peace, stability and security in the region".The President stated that in the sixth meeting of the heads of member states of the CICA, the promotion of this organisation to the regional or international level will be pursued, and said, "Naturally, this is subject to the cooperation of all countries and building a consensus".Referring to the bilateral meetings with the heads of some countries present in this meeting, Dr Raisi said, "Of course, our presence in Astana will not be long and the bilateral meetings will be limited, but as much as we have time, we will try to hold bilateral meetings with the heads of regional countries".At the end, the President expressed hope that the participation in this summit will be successful for the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran and economic cooperation with neighboring and Asian countries.