Vietnam attended the 12th International Conference of Senior Leaders in charge of security

In 3 days from April 23-25, at St. Petersburg (Russia) held the 12th International Conference of Senior Leaders in charge of security.

Attending the event were security council secretaries, national security advisors and assistants, deputy prime ministers, heads of law enforcement agencies and intelligence agencies of 106 countries and territories. , as well as representatives of 10 international organizations.

The host country’s representative is Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev. The Vietnamese delegation was led by General To Lam, Politburo member, Minister of Public Security.

Speaking at the opening session of the plenary session on April 24, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Patrushev said that this conference from the beginning showed its necessity because it opened up opportunities to exchange experiences and find new ways to meet people’s needs. seek new approaches and common integrated solutions to pressing regional and global security issues.

Referring to international security issues, Mr. Patrushev affirmed: “Russia will continue to protect the process of creating a fair world order, meeting the interests of the majority of countries, based on the principle of equality.” and respect cultural and civilizational identity.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a video message welcoming the Conference. In the message, President Putin affirmed that international terrorism is still one of the most serious threats of the 21st century, and at the same time, an urgent security issue today is protecting the information space. against external and internal threats.

According to him, this topic is relevant to all countries and is extremely important in ensuring national security, social stability and economic development.

The Russian President expressed: “We believe that the world community needs to systematically and consistently create unified, legally binding standards and principles for the behavior of countries in this field.” information field.”

He also reaffirmed Russia’s readiness to cooperate closely with all interested partners to ensure regional and global security in the process of forming a new multipolar world order that meets the interests of the majority. Countries around the world.

Speaking at the plenary session, General To Lam – Member of the Politburo, Minister of Public Security – commented that the strong development of information technology on a global scale is accelerating criminal activities using High technology application is taking place on a large scale, including in Vietnam.

According to statistics from international security firms, Vietnam is among the three countries with the most cyber attacks in the Asia-Pacific region. High-tech criminal activities often collude with subjects abroad, causing very serious consequences.

Minister To Lam emphasized the need to promote existing multilateral cooperation within frameworks such as Interpol, Europol, Aseanpol and other mechanisms to regulate and support countries in ensuring cyber security, prevention, fight and handle cybercrime and transnational crime.

Minister To Lam affirmed that Vietnam highly appreciates the significance of the Conference and wishes to continue sharing experiences and initiatives with international partners and friends on crime prevention and protection of national sovereignty. participating in cyberspace.

Within the framework of the 12th International Conference, senior leaders in charge of security also held a multilateral meeting – the 4th consultation session of security leaders of ASEAN member states and Russia, in which Russia Affirmed determination to strengthen dialogue with ASEAN in all fields, including security.

Previously, on April 23, General and Minister of Public Security To Lam had a bilateral meeting with Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Patrushev.

At the meeting, the two sides expressed their desire to strengthen dialogue and promote cooperation between law enforcement agencies of the two countries.

Also within the framework of his working visit to Russia, General and Minister of Public Security To Lam had a working session with the St. Petersburg and laid flowers at the Monument of President Ho Chi Minh in the “Northern capital” of Russia./.