Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of CSTO Member States on International Information Security

We, the Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), acknowledging the Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Information Security signed on November 30, 2017, and recognising the importance of further strengthening the international legal framework governing the use of information and communication technologies, express our support for the development of a global system of international information security grounded in the principles of the UN Charter, respect for the sovereignty of states and non-interference in their internal affairs.

We welcome the adoption of the Convention against Cybercrime at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, marking the first universal instrument aimed at strengthening international information security. We urge all states to sign the Convention at the official ceremony scheduled for October 2025 in Hanoi and to initiate, without delay, the necessary domestic procedures to facilitate its swift entry into force.

We also emphasise the need to develop additional universal, legally binding instruments addressing other critical aspects of international information security, including the prevention and resolution of interstate conflicts. In this regard, we support the continuation of substantive dialogue within the United Nations framework.

We support the adoption of a final decision at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly to establish a permanent mechanism for ensuring international information security, founded on the principle of consensus and guided by the central role of states.

We underscore the inadmissibility of using information and communication technologies to interfere in the internal affairs of states or to undermine their socio-political stability, including in ways that contravene national legislation. We advocate for international cooperation in the operation of low-orbit satellite internet communication systems, with due regard for the national interests and security of states.

We reaffirm our commitment to intensify joint efforts on international information security across all relevant global platforms and to further develop and strengthen cooperation in this area.