MOSCOW, Nov 3 - RIA Novosti. Moscow and Washington have shown that they are ready to take responsibility and agree on information security issues, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
On November 3, the First Committee of the UN General Assembly dealing with disarmament and international security issues supported the draft Russian-American resolution on international information security (IIB), which states the need to prevent the use of information resources and technologies for criminal and terrorist purposes.
"Against the general negative background of Russian-American relations, reaching an agreement with the United States on the development of a single text of the resolution is in itself a rather non-trivial political move on our part. It becomes even more important if we take into account the context of our interaction with Washington in the direction of information security," Syromolotov said.
According to him, the true strength of diplomacy, according to Moscow, "lies in the ability of the most ardent opponents to overcome fundamental differences and find mutually acceptable pragmatic solutions."
"We have always stressed that we are ready for a balanced, non-politicized dialogue with the American side on IIB issues both on a bilateral basis and on international platforms. Specific proposals for the restoration of cooperation between our countries are set out in detail in the relevant statement of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin dated September 25, 2020. In this regard, it is gratifying to note that we are registering a gradual convergence of positions on the prospects for building further cooperation in this area," he said.
According to him, "a clear example of this was the introduction on behalf of the two countries of a draft resolution on the IIB in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly."
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