CIS may establish joint contact center to combat cybercrime
Uzbekistani President Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposes a joint contact center to address rising cyber threats across the Commonwealth.
Quick Look
- At the CIS Heads of State summit in Turkmenbashi, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed a joint contact center to combat cybercrime.
- The meeting, attended by leaders including Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian, focuses on regional security cooperation.
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Why It Matters
The CIS Heads of State Summit is being held in the Avaza National Tourist Zone in Turkmenistan. The event includes both narrow and expanded sessions for member state leaders.
TURKMENBASHI (Turkmenistan), October 9. /TASS/. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Interior Ministers has been tasked with developing a set of measures to establish a joint contact center within the Commonwealth to combat cybercrime, Uzbekistani President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said at a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State in a narrow format.
"Cybercrime is growing at a particular rapid pace today. It affects ordinary citizens, businesses, banks, and government systems, and therefore requires constant attention and close cooperation among our countries," Mirziyoyev later said at an expanded meeting.
The president added that terrorism, extremism, and cybercrime "have long surpassed the borders of individual states."
The CIS Heads of State Summit, chaired by Turkmenistan, is taking place in a narrow and expanded format at the Avaza National Tourist Zone in the city of Turkmenbashi on Friday. Russian leader Vladimir Putin is participating in the summit. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is participating in the event for the first time. Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said that a wide range of topics would be discussed during the summit’s closed-door sessions. The diplomat also did not rule out the possibility that Putin would brief his CIS colleagues on the progress of the conflict in Ukraine.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
CIS Council of Interior Ministers to develop cybercrime contact center measures.
Likely · Within months
Open Questions
- What specific measures will the contact center implement?
- Will all CIS members participate in the cybercrime initiative?
