Belarus has supported the Russian side initiated the draft joint statement of the heads of CIS States on cooperation in ensuring international information security. This was stated by foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei on 12 may at the meeting of the Council of foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth held in a videoconference format.
the Issue of information security, believes the Belarusian Minister, quoted by BelTA, is of particular relevance given the new stage in the development of communication technologies in terms of countering the spread of the pandemic and quick transfer of whole areas of life in the online format.
In the CIS, recalled Mackay, there is a serious legal basis for expanding international digital cooperation: the agreement on cooperation in the field of information security, 2013, and the strategy of information security 2019. In this regard, he proposed “to consider the intensification of practical cooperation between the CIS countries”, expressing confidence that the joint statement of leaders of the Commonwealth countries “will strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of cooperation at the CIS and other multilateral formats”.
