BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 17. Uzbekistan has
officially become one of the co-founding members of the World
Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO).
This is reflected in the statement published on Uzbekistan's
government portal.
The country became a member during the World Artificial
Intelligence Conference (WAIC) held in Shanghai, China.
''The signing ceremony of the 'Agreement on the Establishment of
the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO)'
was held as part of the conference,'' the statement reads.
The landmark event was attended by United Nations
Secretary-General António Guterres, foreign ministers, official
delegations from the founding member states, as well as high-level
representatives of various international organizations and the
diplomatic corps. Minister of Digital Technologies Sherzod
Shermatov represented Uzbekistan at the signing ceremony.
Meanwhile, the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation
Organization (WAICO) is an independent, intergovernmental
international organization headquartered in Shanghai. Established
on July 16, 2026, it was founded by an agreement signed by 29
nations to promote international cooperation and inclusive global
governance in AI. By joining the organization as a co-founder,
Uzbekistan expects to take a major step forward in strengthening
its integration into the global AI ecosystem, expanding its
international technological partnerships, and actively attracting
leading global expertise and state-of-the-art technologies to the
country.
