MOSCOW, March 14. /TASS/. Moscow hopes that the spirit of the Geneva Summit will prevail and the dialogue with Washington on cybersecurity will be restored, Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said in an interview with TASS.
"As for the prospects of field-oriented cooperation, we note that the efforts from only one side are not enough to continue cooperation. This is, as they put it, "a two-way street." We hope that the "spirit of Geneva" that emerged after the meeting between the Russian and US leaders in June 2021 will prevail, and the Americans will maintain a constructive attitude and common sense," Syromolotov said responding to a question whether the dialogue between Russia and the US on cybersecurity can be considered completely "frozen" against the background of the global situation.
"Our country is always open to a depoliticized and pragmatic dialogue based on a set of concrete measures proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in September 2020," the deputy foreign minister noted.
According to Syromolotov, the professional and depoliticized dialogue between Russia and the US to ensure international information security "is capable of bearing specific fruits." "The work in this field is being carried out by the Security Council of the Russian Federation and the US National Security Council. A number of meetings were held in the Kremlin - White House format with the participation of representatives of relevant departments. One of the concrete results was the suppression of REvil criminal group’s activities, which carried out attacks on critical infrastructure using "ransomware viruses"," the deputy minister concluded.