Russian and US Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, stressed the necessity of constructive cooperation between the two countries in the sphere of cybersecurity, the Kremlin press service said on Friday after their telephone conversation, TASS reported.
The presidents continued dialogue on issues of information security and the fight against cybercrime that began at the Russian-US summit in Geneva, the Kremlin noted.
"In the context of the recent reports about a series of cyberattacks allegedly originating from Russia, Vladimir Putin noted that despite the Russian side’s readiness for joint efforts to stop crimes in the information space, no inquiries on these matters came from the United States’ security agencies in the past month," the Kremlin said. "At the same time, bearing in mind the scale and seriousness of the challenges in this sphere, cooperation between Russia and the United States should be permanent, professional, and non-politicized. It should be carried out via specialized channels of data exchange between the relevant government structures within bilateral legal mechanisms and with due respect to international law."
"The leaders stressed the necessity of substantive and constructive cooperation in the sphere of cybersecurity, and the continuation of corresponding contacts," it said.
