BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 29. The candidacies of
Azerbaijan for membership in the Council of International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) for 2027-2030 and a representative
from Azercosmos for membership in the Radio Regulation Committee
have been submitted during the council's meeting in Geneva,
Switzerland, a source in the Ministry of Digital Development and
Transport told Trend.


Azerbaijan is represented at the event by a delegation led by
Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport Samaddin
Asadov.


The meeting discussed the report of the World Telecommunication
Development Conference (WTDC-25) held in Baku, preparations for the
ITU Plenipotentiary Conference to be held this year, as well as the
World Radiocommunication Conference and Radiocommunication Assembly
scheduled for 2027. The Strategic and Financial Plan for 2028-2031
and other issues were also in the spotlight.


Within the framework of the council meeting, Asadov met with ITU
Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin. The meeting briefed on the
measures taken in Azerbaijan towards digital development and
discussed opportunities for expanding existing cooperation.


The deputy minister also held bilateral meetings with Turkish
Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Ömer Fatih Sayan,
Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital
Development Doszhan Musaliyev, and China's Vice Minister of
Industry and Information Technology Xiong Jijun.







These meetings were important in terms of presenting
Azerbaijan's position in the field of digital development at the
international level, expanding the exchange of experience in the
fields of artificial intelligence and innovation, as well as
forming new bilateral and multilateral cooperation
opportunities.


An informal meeting of ministers held before the ITU Council
meeting discussed the opportunities for member states to use new
technologies, increasing the participation of the private sector,
improving the financing model, renewing cooperation with the UN,
and other issues.


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