Russia Says Space Arms Race Can Still Be Prevented, Deputy Foreign Minister Says
Sergey Ryabkov says US statements on deploying weapons in space cannot affect a strategic stability dialogue that he says does not currently exist.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said an arms race in space can still be prevented and that the opportunity to avoid it has not yet been missed, according to TASS.
Ryabkov said statements by US officials about their intention to deploy weapons in space "cannot possibly harm" the Russia-US dialogue on strategic stability, adding that, in his view, "that dialogue does not exist."
TASS did not provide further details in the excerpt regarding the specific US statements Ryabkov was referencing or any additional context he may have given about the current state of Russia-US relations on strategic and space-related security matters.
The remarks were attributed to Ryabkov by TASS, a Russian state news agency.
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