Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Almaty on Friday to attend the second summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), which is to be held on Saturday.

Hu will deliver a speech at the one-day summit in Almaty, a Chinese official said.

At the meeting, the heads of state or government or their representatives of CICA members will discuss the regional situation and the ways to promote stability and cooperation in the region, sources said.

The leaders will adopt a declaration at the end of the summit, the sources added.

CICA, a forum aimed at increasing security in Asia, was initiated by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who called for its creation at the 47th UN General Assembly in 1992.

CICA currently consists of 17 members -- Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, Iran, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.

The first CICA summit was held in Almaty on June 4, 2002.

Hu will return to China after Saturday's summit.

Source: Xinhua