On June 13 and 14, 2024, the United States Department of State hosted 22 countries and the European Union for discussions focused on efforts to prevent malicious cyber activity and coordinate international responses, led by Lisil Franz, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Cyberspace Security, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy.
Representatives from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the European Union exchanged views and national experiences.
Participants recognized that every country faces different circumstances. They noted the growing cyber challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, the growing global ransomware threat, the war in Ukraine, and malicious cyber activity designed to destabilize and undermine democratic processes and societies. Nearly half of the world will be voting in 2024. Delegates considered foreign policy approaches to existing and emerging threats of concern in cyberspace and using all tools of statecraft to build resilience against those who violate norms of responsible state behavior in cyberspace.
Building on previous meetings hosted by the European Union in 2022 and Canada in 2023, participating countries reaffirmed the importance of maintaining the UN-ratified framework for responsible State behaviour in cyberspace and demonstrated a clear resolve to continue working together to promote and maintain stability and security in cyberspace.
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