Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow is reviewing recent US remarks on space-based weapons, citing a long-standing Russian push for a global ban on placing arms in orbit.
Sergey Ryabkov says US statements on deploying weapons in space cannot affect a strategic stability dialogue that he says does not currently exist.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said US Air Force statements underscore the need for multilateral negotiations to prevent a space arms race.
Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev says the Shanghai Cooperation Organization supports a legally binding international agreement to keep weapons out of space.
Bloc urges negotiations on a legal multilateral instrument to keep space free of weapons and safeguard global security, according to TASS.