BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 12. Azerbaijan's
ability to bring countries together and create a platform for
dialogue helps advance solutions to key global issues, Deputy
Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union
(ITU) Tomas Lamanauskas told Trend.
"Azerbaijan is an excellent platform for uniting different
countries," he said.
According to him, last year the International Telecommunication
Union held the World Telecommunication Development Conference in
Baku, which takes place every four years and brings together
representatives from around the world to discuss industry
development issues.
"Azerbaijan successfully hosted this conference. As a result,
the Baku Declaration and a detailed action plan were adopted.
During the discussions, significant attention was paid to issues of
digital development," he noted.
He emphasized that the Green Digital Action declaration adopted
at COP29 in Azerbaijan, which was joined by more than 80
governments and over 1,800 participants, was also an important
event.
According to him, this demonstrates the growing role of the
digital agenda and that Azerbaijan is actively promoting the
unification of countries around the discussion of new technological
challenges and the development of agreed-upon solutions.
T. Lamanauskas added that the World Urban Forum is coming up,
where digital issues are also expected to play an important
role.
"I am confident that such platforms allow us to advance dialogue
and find common approaches to issues of global importance," he
stressed.
