Russia's MFA:

IP- Agreements on cooperation in the area of ensuring information security with Iran, Myanmar, Ethiopia, and Uzbekistan will come into force this year, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin told a plenary meeting at the 12th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues.

Iran PressEurope: "This year agreements [on international information security - TASS] with Iran, Myanmar, Uzbekistan, and Ethiopia are expected to come into force. A whole number of similar agreements with Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American countries are being worked out," he said.

At the bilateral direction, Moscow considers "establishing cooperation on international information security through the extension of the contractual and legal framework with partners and holding regular expert consultations between competent authorities of state power prior," Vershinin said.

Special intergovernmental agreements already exist with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, India, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, he added.

"We are open to establishing a direct dialogue with constructively disposed states on a respectful and mutually beneficial basis," the Deputy Minister stressed. 204