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Submitted by the Foreign Ministry.
The directive approves a draft Russian-Chinese intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in ensuring international information security (hereinafter, the Agreement).
The Agreement aims to create a legal and organisational framework for Russian-Chinese cooperation in promoting international information security.
The Agreement identifies the principal threats and determines the main areas, principles, forms and mechanisms of cooperation in this area.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has been tasked with conducting talks with the Chinese side and, after coming to terms, signing this Agreement on behalf of the Russian Government.
The Agreement reflects Russia’s interests and position regarding the provision of international information security and consolidates Russian-Chinese strategic partnership, and its signing will help to promote mutually beneficial cooperation between Russia and China.