- Friday, April 26, 2024
By: Shubham Ghosh
INDIA and New Zealand on Wednesday (17) agreed to cooperate in areas of cyber security, cyber crime and capacity building, India’s ministry of external affairs said.
The decision to expand the two nations’ bilateral cooperation in the cyber domain was taken at a two-day virtual dialogue that ended on Wednesday.
Representatives of India and New Zealand discussed various aspects of existing cooperation in cyber space in the second edition of the two countries’ bilateral cyber dialogue in New Delhi and agreed to expand it more, the external affairs ministry said in a statement.
“The cyber dialogue discussed various aspects of existing bilateral cooperation in cyber space, exchanged views on the latest developments on cyber issues at bilateral, regional and multilateral fora and explored initiatives to further deepen cyber cooperation,” it said.
“The delegations deliberated on a wide range of topics of mutual interest and agreed to work closely with each other in the areas of cyber security, cyber crime and capacity building,” the ministry added.
While the Indian delegation at the talks was led by Atul Malhari Gosturve, joint secretary (cyber diplomacy) in the ministry of external affairs, the New Zealand delegation was co-led by Dan Eaton, director of national security policy, the department of the prime minister and cabinet, New Zealand, and Georgina Sargison, acting unit manager of emerging security issues, international security and disarmament division, ministry of foreign affairs and trade.
Senior officials from various government ministries and departments from both India and New Zealand took part in the dialogue.
