Full coverage: 5th CICA Foreign Ministers' Meeting

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The fifth Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) is underway in Beijing.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has addressed the meeting. He reviewed the development of Asian security situation and challenges that lay ahead. He also called for all Asian countries to work together to build a win-win way that will benefit all parties.

Xi said that Asian countries have different cultures, and all parties should communicate more to deepen understanding. He also stressed to solve hotly-debated regional issues through dialogue. Apart from security issues, economic, trade and investment topics will also be on the agenda.

China hosted the fourth CICA summit in Shanghai in 2014 and has been holding the CICA presidency since then.

BEIJING, April 28, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the opening ceremony of the fifth foreign ministers' meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Beijing, capital of China, April 28, 2016. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)