Baku:Azerbaijan's Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport, Rashad Hasanov, met with Ayubkhon Sultonov, the First Deputy Minister of Digital Technologies of Uzbekistan, to discuss the advancement of innovation ecosystems between the two countries.

According to Azerbaijan State News Agency, the meeting concentrated on expanding cooperation in digital government, particularly through the exchange of experience and potential joint initiatives involving the 'myGov' platform.

The discussions further covered the development of digital services utilizing artificial intelligence agents and the application of speech-to-text conversion models. Special attention was given to enhancing the startup ecosystem, with both parties sharing views on strengthening cooperation between their IT parks. The dialogue also included ways to facilitate startups' access to each other's markets and foster closer ties between the innovation ecosystems of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.