UAE Ambassador HE Abdulla Ali AlHmoudi met technology leaders in Dhaka to explore bilateral cooperation in artificial intelligence, smart cities, cybersecurity and urban security frameworks.
At a glance
- UAE Ambassador HE Abdulla Ali AlHmoudi held talks with tech leaders in Dhaka on AI and smart-city cooperation.
- Discussions covered cybersecurity, integrated data platforms, urban security frameworks and traffic management systems.
- Martin Yates of Presight and Major General (retd) Md Ashikuzzaman of Bangla Trac participated in the meeting.
Why it matters: The talks signal growing technology-sector engagement between the UAE and Bangladesh across critical urban and digital infrastructure areas.
UAE Ambassador to Bangladesh HE Abdulla Ali AlHmoudi met with technology leaders in Dhaka to discuss potential bilateral cooperation across several key technology sectors, including artificial intelligence and smart-city development.
The meeting brought together Martin Yates, Government Technology Advisor of the UAE Executive Leadership Team at Presight, and Major General (retd) Md Ashikuzzaman, ndc, afwc, psc, Group Director of Bangla Trac.
What was discussed
Participants explored avenues for expanding mutual collaboration in cybersecurity, smart-city development, AI technologies and integrated data platforms.
The meeting also covered potential joint solutions in urban security frameworks and traffic management systems.
Background
Smart-city initiatives typically involve the use of digital infrastructure, data platforms and AI-driven systems to improve urban services, public safety and mobility. Cybersecurity forms a foundational layer of such deployments.
Presight is associated with the UAE Executive Leadership Team, while Bangla Trac is a Bangladeshi technology group.