He said, in part, that Russia should draw on foreign experience in the area of export control of dual-purpose commodities.
Many countries license the transportation, transhipment and agent services in the sphere of dual-purpose commodities, he said, adding that "such regulation by the state is considered to be an additional instrument of preventing the leakage of commodities and sensitive technologies that can be used to create weapons of mass destruction."
He explained that he was not referring to mechanical copying, but to the search for novel solutions based on international experience in this sphere.
Mr Ivanov also remarked that Russia could offer its partners the technologies of monitoring portable missile defence systems, in particular in view of the possibility of such systems landing in the hands of terrorists. According to him, there are facts substantiating this claim.
The Deputy Prime Minister said Russia has consistently championed a safer world order and "the unification of efforts of all countries" towards that goal. "The fact that we will discuss the monitoring of portable missile defence systems today is fresh proof of our country's respect for its international commitments," he said.
Mr Ivanov also called for highlighting the need "to change priorities of the International Science and Technology Centre (ISTC)." He said that the Centre, set up in the early 1990s to address the tasks of non-proliferation in Russia and the CIS, has played a positive role.
"Its target grants helped to convert the Russian defence industry's scientists and professionals to civilian projects," he said, adding that the time had come to review the Centre's priorities.