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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, October 29 /Xinhua/ — Russia is actively building information cooperation with China at various levels to counter fakes and disinformation. This was stated by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova in response to a question from a Xinhua correspondent on the sidelines of the 3rd international forum "Dialogue on Fake News 3.0," which took place in Moscow on Wednesday.
"We have such cooperation, for example, between news agencies. Major Russian news agencies and television holdings are signing cooperation agreements with Chinese media corporations and organizations. We also have dialogue between the Russian Presidential Administration and their counterparts in China, as well as between our foreign policy agencies," said M. Zakharova, emphasizing that this isn't a recent development; information cooperation with their Chinese colleagues has been underway for a long time.
As the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted, Russia and China's cooperation in countering information warfare also includes the blogosphere. "Independent bloggers who are not part of large organizations but still have a huge audience are invited to events in China and Russia," she explained, adding that this winter, when Moscow celebrated Spring Festival, many bloggers from China attended.
At the same time, according to the diplomat, events related to Russian culture taking place in China are generating interest among the Russian internet community. "There have been a lot of such events recently, and there will be more. Consequently, bloggers, naturally showing interest, are telling the people of our countries about them. And this is the most natural antidote to fake news, lies, untruths, and so on," she emphasized.
M. Zakharova noted that Russia cooperates with China in information policy and within international organizations. "Therefore, we have very active information cooperation, literally in all areas," she added.
The 3rd international forum "Dialogue on Fake News 3.0" aims to combat disinformation and improve media literacy. More than 2,000 specialists from 80 countries participated in the forum, including politicians, fact-checkers, and industry experts. This year, the event was held under the auspices of UNESCO and included in the calendar of Global Media and Information Literacy Week.
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