OIC and COMSTECH Agree to Deepen Cooperation in AI, Science and Technology
Leaders of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and its science body COMSTECH pledged closer collaboration on technology, academia and healthcare among member states, according to the Associated Press of Pakistan.
The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and the Coordinator-General of OIC-COMSTECH, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, have agreed to strengthen scientific, technological, academic and healthcare cooperation among OIC member states, according to a report by the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP).
The agreement, as reported by APP, covers efforts to enhance collaboration in areas including artificial intelligence, science and technology, and healthcare across the 57 member states of the OIC.
COMSTECH, the Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the OIC, serves as the organization's ministerial body tasked with promoting scientific and technological development among member countries.
Further details on specific initiatives, timelines or funding for the strengthened cooperation were not provided in the report.
The APP report did not specify the venue or date of the meeting between the two officials.
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