Ryzhenkov called the militarization of digital space and critical technologies an important security problem

Information and communication platforms and artificial intelligence technologies are increasingly used not for creation, but as means of information warfare. Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov said this during a speech at the International Forum for Collective Security, writes sb.by.

A significant element of this problem is the commission of large-scale cyber attacks on state infrastructure, coordination of radical and extremist elements, primarily from abroad.

- How to ensure collective security against the background of rapid digital changes is a challenge with an asterisk for the experts of today’s debate, said Maxim Ryzhenkov.

As one example of answering this question, he cited the proposal of the PRC to create an organization that would pay attention to such problems. The Belarusian Foreign Minister called international terrorism another important topic for international security.

- Transnationally organized groups are actively mastering cryptocurrencies, criminal schemes are becoming cross-border, mobile, independent of state borders. Internet resources have become a key platform not only for cyber fraud, but also for drug trafficking, human trafficking, extremist and other types of crimes. We also believe that in this type of threat, increased coordination, primarily within the framework of the CSTO, can seriously increase our resilience and really bring results, he said. Ryzhenkov: the erosion of international law and the crisis of UN institutions is the first issue of international security