Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan Discuss Cooperation on AI and Digital Infrastructure
Bilateral discussions between Sri Lanka and a delegation from Kazakhstan on AI data centres, Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and AI governance were held on November 13 at the Ministry of Digital Economy, under the patronage of Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Engineer Ruwan Weeraratne.
The discussions focused on Kazakhstan’s experience in developing its national AI data centre, ensuring data sovereignty and integrating digital public services through platforms such as Smart Bridge, National Data Exchange (NDX) and SuperApp.
The two sides also exchanged knowledge on AI-based government services, including e-Gov GPT and the local language model KazLLM.
The discussions aimed to strengthen Sri Lanka’s national AI infrastructure and digital economy through international cooperation.
Dr. Hans Wijesuriya, Senior Advisor to the President on Digital Economy and Chairman of GovTech, and a Kazakhstan delegation led by Assem Kappar also attended the meeting.
