TASHKENT. March 17. KAZINFORM /Kurmat Samarkhan/ President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev invited his Uzbek colleague Islam Karimov to take part in the third Summit of the CICA that is planned to be held on June 7-9 this year in Istanbul.

"Being the Chairman-in-office of the CICA Kazakhstan hopes that the Uzbek side will take part in this process", the Kazakh President said at the enlarged talks with I.Karimov.

The Head of the State also noted that Kazakhstan appreciates the Uzbekistan's chairmanship in the SCO.