Azerbaijan and Korea discussed the current status of negotiations on projects in the fields of innovation and smart cities, which will be implemented by Azerbaijan's Digital Development and Transport Ministry in collaboration with the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA).
The discussion took place during a meeting between Azerbaijani Digital Development and Transport Minister Rashad Nabiyev and Korean ambassador Lee Eun Yong.
The dependence of Azerbaijani e-signature [SIMA] on cloud technologies increases its resilience to cyberattacks, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rovshan Rustamov told Russian media, Trend reports.
According to Rustamov, since the non-personalized signing key doesn’t contain any information, there is no way for criminals to gain access to personal information during cyberattacks.
Read more: Azerbaijani e-signature resilient to cyberattacks - deputy minister
The Turkish ASELSAN company wants to join the "Smart City" concept in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region, which was announced by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev after the second Karabakh war and make contribution, head of the board and director general of the company Haluk Gorgun said in an interview with Azerbaijan’s Xalq newspaper, Trend reports on Dec. 29.
Gorgun said that ASELSAN develops and designs the programs based on network and data that can be used in city management in all spheres, beginning from transport and healthcare and ending with payment systems.
Read more: AZ: Turkish ASELSAN wants to join "Smart City" concept in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh
The establishment of a modern innovation space is one of the priority areas in Azerbaijan, Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan Rovshan Rustamov said in an interview with Russian media, Trend reports.
According to him, this is reflected in the strategic document "Azerbaijan 2030: National Priorities for Socio-Economic Development", approved by the order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in February 2021.
Read more: Azerbaijan aims to create modern innovation space - deputy minister
The first "smart village" in Azerbaijan's Karabakh region almost ready, Azerbaijani Minister of Agriculture Inam Karimov said at the scientific-practical conference entitled "Karabakh: New Panorama of South Caucasus Opening to the World", Trend reports on Dec. 24.
The minister stressed that the creation of the Araz Valley industrial park and the Aghdam industrial park in the region will have a great impact on development of agriculture.
Read more: First 'smart village' in Azerbaijan's Karabakh almost complete - minister