RIGA - Latvia will join the Joint Statement on Efforts to Counter the Proliferation and Misuse of Commercial Spyware, according to the Foreign Ministry's report endorsed by the government on Tuesday.
The Foreign Ministry indicates that the Joint Statement on Efforts to Counter the Proliferation and Misuse of Commercial Spyware was announced on March 30, 2023, during the Second Summit for Democracy, which took place in the United States.
To date, the statement has been joined by Australia, Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom.
The Foreign Ministry notes that the range of signatories reflects both the support of countries for the statement and the positive assessment by the US of each country's readiness to honor the commitments contained therein. The US has also invited Latvia to join the statement.
The statement says that the need to prevent the spread and misuse of spyware is driven by national security and foreign policy interests. It is linked to safeguarding democratic principles, human rights and the rule of law and is consistent with the aim of protecting democracy and human rights activists, dissidents and journalists around the world from persecution.
The statement underlines the commitment to cooperation and the need at national and international level to strictly control the distribution and use of commercial spyware, to develop policies to deter the misuse of commercial spyware, and to promote the development and implementation of responsible use principles that are consistent with universal human rights, the rule of law, civil rights and civil liberties.
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