BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 18. Kazakhstan is ready
to share its experience in the field of AI and digitalization
through international cooperation platforms, Prime Minister of
Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov said during a leaders' summit at the
13th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) in Baku, Trend reports.
According to him, one of the most ambitious initiatives of
Kazakhstan is the development of the city of Alatau in the Almaty
region as a center of advanced urban growth. Also, last year,
Kazakhstan adopted a law on Artificial Intelligence, creating a
legal framework for the safe, transparent, and human-centered use
of AI technologies.
"We have declared 2026 the year of digitalization and artificial
intelligence to highlight our strategic focus on technological
transformation and the development and management of modern cities.
Kazakhstan is ready to share its experience in the field of AI and
digitalization through international cooperation platforms, in
particular through the newly established ESCAP Center for Digital
Solutions for Sustainable Development of Asia and the Pacific in
Almaty," he said.
Bektenov noted that the new Constitution of Kazakhstan, recently
adopted through a national referendum, raises environmental
protection to the level of a fundamental state value.
"Today, against the backdrop of climate change and growing
scarcity, sustainable water resources management is becoming an
integral component of sustainable urban development. In this
context, we are promoting the initiative of the President of the
Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, to establish an
international water organization under the auspices of the United
Nations," the Prime Minister said.
