The National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, addressing participants of the forum of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation held on the occasion of Kazan being declared the Cultural Capital of the Islamic World, proposed the creation of new mechanisms for professional exchange among countries in the fields of urban development and high technology.

A significant part of his speech was devoted to the proposal to develop the Diplomacy of “Smart” Cities of the Islamic world.

“Today, the concept of a ‘smart’ city represents a fusion of intelligence, creativity, architecture, culture, science, technology, aesthetics, and social knowledge — in other words, the very concepts that form the basis of cooperation within ICESCO. We believe it would be appropriate, specifically within the framework of this Organization’s session, through the Diplomacy of ‘Smart’ Cities, to establish partnership and professional mechanisms for the exchange of experience, knowledge, expertise, and plans among Islamic countries in this promising area of development,” the National Leader of the Turkmen people stated.

Hero-Arkadag emphasized that Turkmenistan is actively developing this area at the state level and is ready to share the experience it has accumulated.