5th Meeting of OTS Ministers in charge of Information and Communication Technologies held

The 5th Meeting of Ministers in charge of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) of the member states of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) was held in Bishkek.

A number of issues on the agenda of the meeting, such as the development of digital infrastructure, cyber security and e-government, were discussed in detail.

Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport Samir Mammadov said that digital transformation is one of the priority issues on the agenda of the Azerbaijani government. The deputy minister provided the meeting participants with detailed information about innovations in our country, work carried out in connection with the construction of a modern broadband network with GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Networks) technology within the framework of the “Online Azerbaijan” project, creation of smart cities and villages in the territories liberated from occupation, the work being done in the areas of e-government, e-signature, government cloud and cybersecurity.

Following the meeting, a Joint Declaration on the development of the ICT sector of the OTS member states was adopted.

It should be recalled that the organization was established on the basis of the Nakhchivan Agreement signed at the summit of heads of state of Turkic-speaking countries on 3 October 2009 in Nakhchivan. The Republic of Azerbaijan is one of the first four founding countries of the organization and is currently a member of the organization along with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Türkiye.