Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a comprehensive program of measures for restoring the Russia – US cooperation in the filed of international information security The statement of the head of state on Russian-American cooperation in the filed of international information security is published on the Kremlin's website.
One of today’s major strategic challenges is the risk of a large-scale confrontation in the digital field, according to Putin. "A special responsibility for its prevention lies on the key players in the field of ensuring international information security," he is sure.
He stressed that he would like to once again address the US with a suggestion to agree on a comprehensive program of practical measures to reboot our relations in the field of security in the use of information and communication technologies. Putin suggested restoring a regular full-scale bilateral interagency high-level dialogue on the key issues of ensuring IIS.
He also called for "maintaining a continuous and effective functioning of the communication channels between competent agencies of our States" through Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers, Computer Emergency Readiness Teams and high-level officials in charge of the issues of IIS within the bodies involved in ensuring national security, includig that of information.
"To jointly develop and conclude a bilateral intergovernmental agreement on preventing incidents in the information space similarly to the Soviet-American Agreement on the Prevention of Incidents On and Over the High Seas in force since 25 May 1972," was the third proposal of the President. He also called on the United States to exchange, in a mutually acceptable format, guarantees of non-intervention into internal affairs of each other, including into electoral processes, inter alia, by means of the ICTs and high-tech methods.
"We call on the US to greenlight the Russian-American professional expert dialogue on IIS without making it a hostage to our political disagreements," Putin stressed. "These measures are aimed at building up trust between our States, promoting security and prosperity of our peoples," he added. "They will significantly contribute to ensuring global peace in the information space."
Addressing all countries, including the United States, Putin proposed reaching global agreement on a political commitment of States on no-first-strike with the use of ICTs against each other.
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Based on materials TASS