intervention including information attacks on them. Each Party shall not carry out such actions in respect to the other Party and assist other Parties in the realization of the above right. Article 5 Main Formats and Mechanisms of Cooperation 1. Within sixty days from the date of entry of this Agreement into force, the Parties, through the Depositary, shall exchange information about the competent authorities of the Parties responsible for the implementation of this Agreement, and the channels of direct exchange of information on specific areas of cooperation. 2. For the purpose of reviewing the implementation of this Agreement, exchange of information, analysis and joint assessment of emerging threats to information security, as well as identification, reconciliation and coordination of joint responses to these threats, the Parties on a regular basis shall hold consultations of the authorized representatives of the Parties and competent authorities of the Parties (hereinafter - the “consultations”). Regular consultations shall be held by agreement between the Parties, as a rule, once every six months in the Secretariat of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, or in the territory of one of the Parties at its invitation. Any Party may initiate early consultations by, offering time and place, as well as the agenda to be subsequently agreed by all the Parties and the Secretariat of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. 3. Practical collaboration in specific areas of cooperation envisaged by this Agreement may be carried out by the Parties through the competent authorities of the Parties responsible for the implementation of the Agreement. 4. In order to create the legal and institutional framework for cooperation in specific areas, the competent authorities of the Parties may conclude appropriate interdepartmental agreements. 5