Ministerial meeting of OIC-15 dialogue platform concludes

Islamabad: The 2nd Ministerial Meeting of the OIC-15 Dialogue Platform concluded in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, with a strong commitment to advancing collective efforts in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) “Trustworthy and Ethical Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development”.

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, Coordinator General of OIC-COMSTECH, led the 4-members COMSTECH delegation. High Level Delegations from the Brunei Darussalam, Republic of Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Kazakhstan, Malysia, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Republic of Tunisia, Republic of Türkiye, and State of Qatar attended the meeting.

Shakil Arshad, Director, represented Pakistan’s Federal Ministry of Science and Technology. Ministers and high-level representatives from the member states of the OIC-15 Dialogue Platform unanimously adopted the Tehran Declaration and reaffirmed their commitments towards the shared mission of the OIC member states in the field of AI.

This forward-looking document emphasises cooperation in AI education, research, infrastructure development, governance, and technology transfer and exchange of knowledge among the OIC Member States.

The declaration underscores the importance of advancing AI education and workforce development, collaborative research and innovation, exchange of best practices, sharing of resources, safe and ethical use of AI, encouraging public-private partnership for AI development, and enhancing global AI competitiveness of OIC member states.