(Breitbart)—The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that it signed a joint “International Cooperation in the Field of Information Security” agreement with over ten different nations, including the authoritarian regimes of Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and North Korea.
In a joint statement, Russia — together with Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cuba, North Korea, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Nicaragua, and Venezuela — claimed to stand for a “transparent and equitable system of international information security” based on the principles of the United Nations Charter, as well as “respect for the sovereignty of states and non-interference in their internal affairs.”
The signatory nations, which did not publicly disclose specifics on what their cooperation will entail, expressed support for the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime, which was adopted in December and which will hold its first signing ceremony in Hanoi, Vietnam, on October 25 and thereafter at the U.N. headquarters in New York until December 31, 2026.
The cybersecurity convention, which both Russia and China had pressured the U.N. to sign for years, has reportedly been the subject of widespread criticism from the United States, European nations, and others on concerns that its language could be used to legitimize crackdowns on freedom of speech — especially in countries under authoritarian regimes such as China, Russia, and the signatories of the new joint agreement.
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