Idrissov calls on Asian states to cooperate in energy security

    Foreign Minister Yerlan Udrissov has called on all Asian countries to cooperate in water resources management and to ensure food and energy security, Tengrinews.kz reports citing the Foreign Ministry.
    According to the press statement, Idrissov took part in the 11th Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Asia Cooperation Dialog (ACD) member-countries during his trip to Tajikistan on March 29.
    He called for an activation of cooperation on part of Asian countries for the management of water resources and provision of food and especially energy security.
    “According to the UN, 1.5 billion people in the world currently have no access to electricity, and another 2.4 billion are not provided with fuel. This is why Kazakhstan chose the theme - Energy of the Future for the international EXPO-2017 exhibition it will host,” Idrissov said.
    He also invited all participants to take part in the exhibition with their national pavilions.
    During the forum, Idrissov had meetings with foreign ministers of Iran (Ali Akbar Salehi), Kyrgyzstan (Erlan Abdyldayev), Afghanistan (Zalmai Rassoul), Kuwait (Sheikh Sabah Al-Hamad) and head of the Japanese delegation Minoru Kuiti.
    The Asia Cooperation Dialog was established in 2002.
    It currently brings together 32 countries of the region.
    Kazakhstan views the ACD as the complementary and partnership platform for the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building in Asia initiated by President Nursultan Nazarbayev in 1992. Kazakhstan is currently the coordinator of three ACD projects in agriculture, transport and energy, www.tengrinews.kz said.