On April 10, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Vershinin had a telephone conversation with ITU Secretary General D.Bogdan-Martin.

During the conversation, issues related to the regulation of information and communication technologies (ICT), including artificial intelligence, were discussed. A positive assessment of the Union's activities in the preparation of standards in the field of ICT was given. ITU's efforts to implement the decisions of the World Summit on the Information Society were noted. The sides exchanged views on the results of the International Summit on the Stability of Underwater Cables, which was held in Abuja (Nigeria) on February 26-27.

Sergey Vershinin informed Dmitry Bogdan-Martin about the preparations for the Global Digital Forum (Nizhny Novgorod, June 5-6) as a major ICT-related event with significant international participation.