The 13th International meeting of High Representatives for security issues in Moscow

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The annual International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues concluded at the National Centre RUSSIA on May 29.

The three-day international dialogue, chaired by Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu, brought together 126 delegations from 105 countries belonging to BRICS, the SCO, ASEAN, the CIS, the Arab League, the African Union, the CSTO and other international organisations.

During the plenary session, 60 reports were delivered, and the Russian delegation held more than 80 bilateral meetings. Four multilateral meetings also took place in the following formats: BRICS countries, the CIS, the SCO, and Russia-ASEAN. Foreign partners held over 40 bilateral meetings amongst themselves at the National Centre RUSSIA.

"The level of participants and the number of states represented clearly demonstrated the relevance and demand for holding such events, which we will continue to do. We have once again dispelled the myth of our isolation. Conference guests unanimously noted that our meeting took place in an atmosphere of mutual trust, whilst the discussions were substantial and productive. Naturally, the main theme was the Global South and East. United and indivisible security for all, which essentially provides for the multipolar world that has actually been created and formed. And where everyone's security is valuable," emphasised Sergei Shoigu following the international meeting.

Cybersecurity at both regional and interstate levels formed a separate block of the meeting. Representatives of virtually all delegations addressed issues of information stability and the impact of cutting-edge technologies on security.

"Everything concerning information confrontation is a major separate topic. We spoke extensively about this, and the creation of an SCO centre for information confrontation and cybersecurity in Tashkent was discussed. This should be established in the near future. In addition, we talked about bilateral cooperation, prospects for developing relations with other countries, military-technical cooperation, and cooperation in information security. A meeting of SCO Security Council secretaries in China is planned for the near future," noted Sergei Shoigu.

Throughout all three working days, an exposition dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War was open for high representatives of states and international organisations at the National Centre RUSSIA.

"At the meeting with CIS Security Council secretaries, we discussed that it is necessary to launch publication of an anthology within the CIS, primarily under the auspices of the Security Council and on the instruction of our presidents, that would showcase each former union republic's contribution to our common Victory. And there, of course, we will speak about the economy and about those regiments that were formed, brigades, divisions. About the path they travelled. This is our major task. We must do everything so that our children and grandchildren at home remember and know about this," said Sergei Shoigu.

The key programme points of the meeting included: a round table on international information security, a briefing for heads of African country delegations on topical issues of cooperation between Russia and continental states. Additionally, a symposium on current issues of international politics took place with the participation of leading representatives of the scientific and expert community.

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