SEOUL, May 21. /Dunyo IA/.   The prominent South Korean newspaper “Global Korea Post” published an interview with Akramjon Nematov, First Deputy Director of the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies (ISRS), dedicated to the outcomes of the informal summit of the Organization of Turkic States in Turkistan, the initiatives of the President of Uzbekistan and new trends in the development of cooperation within the Turkic world, reports Dunyo IA correspondent.

During the interview, the expert analyzed the significance of the participation of the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, in the informal OTS summit held on May 15^th in the Kazakh city of Turkistan.

As emphasized in the publication, the current summit demonstrated the transition of the Organization of Turkic States from a predominantly humanitarian platform to a format of practical cooperation in the fields of digitalization, artificial intelligence, transport connectivity, logistics and climate resilience.

According to Akramjon Nematov, practically all initiatives of the President of Uzbekistan were of a practical nature and focused on creating concrete mechanisms of cooperation. In particular, this refers to promoting the concept of the “Digital Turkic Corridor”, forming a network for strategic interaction in the field of artificial intelligence, creating the Turkic Cybersecurity Alliance, joint “big data” platforms, as well as climate risk monitoring systems.

The expert noted that Uzbekistan has actually proposed a conceptual vision for forming a unified digital space for Turkic states, based on modern technological and infrastructural solutions.

The interview particularly emphasizes that the address by the head of Uzbekistan was closely linked to the idea of strengthening Eurasia's transport and logistics connectivity. In this context, great importance is attached to the development of the Middle Corridor, the digitalization of customs procedures, and the implementation of the strategic China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway project.

As the South Korean publication notes, special attention during the summit was paid to environmental safety and sustainable development. In particular, Uzbekistan initiated the declaration of 2027 as the Year of Nature Protection within the OTS framework and proposed mechanisms for joint monitoring of droughts, land degradation and glacier melting.

The publication also emphasizes that Central Asia is gradually establishing itself as an independent center of international interaction and one of the key hubs of the emerging Eurasian infrastructure.

As “Global Korea Post” notes, Uzbekistan's initiatives at the OTS summit demonstrate the country's commitment to promoting an open, technologically oriented, and mutually beneficial model of regional cooperation based on the principles of pragmatism, connectivity and collective resilience.