BENGALURU (India): Digital economy ministers from the Group of 20 major economies Saturday agreed to work together to promote digital public infrastructure.

At a meeting in Bengaluru, southern India, the ministers also agreed on the importance of reinforcing security in a digital economy.

The ministers reaffirmed the importance of Data Free Flow with Trust, a concept proposed by Japan, Japanese digital minister KONO Taro told reporters after the meeting.

“The recognition is spreading that economic development is difficult without cross-border flows of data,” Kono said.

The G-20 ministers did not discuss generative artificial intelligence in depth.

The ministers did not adopt a joint statement as they failed to agree on the wording over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

JIJI Press