Central Asian Countries Discuss Common Digital Economy and AI Rules - The Astana Times

Representatives of Central Asian countries met to discuss common rules for the digital economy and artificial intelligence, according to a report in The Astana Times. The article, titled "Central Asian Countries Discuss Common Digital Economy and AI Rules," describes the meeting as covering shared digital policy and AI governance. Two draft documents were discussed at the meeting.

The first was a draft Agreement on Cooperation among Central Asian States in Digital Policy and Artificial Intelligence Governance. According to the article, that proposal does not call for identical digital legislation or for a supranational regulator. Instead, it envisions maintaining national legislation and digital sovereignty while gradually making legal and digital systems compatible. The second proposal was a draft Code of Ethics for the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in Central Asia.

Both documents are described as drafts. The article reports the proposals as matters discussed at the meeting rather than as measures that have been adopted. It states that the agreement would preserve national legislation and digital sovereignty, and that compatibility between legal and digital systems would be pursued gradually rather than through uniform rules. The article does not identify which states would be parties to either document, nor does it set out a timetable for adoption or an enforcement mechanism. Its account is limited to the proposals raised at the meeting and the principles those proposals set out.