
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated that US plans to deploy weapons in space cannot harm Russia-US strategic stability dialogue because such dialogue does not exist.
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Russian and US officials periodically exchange statements regarding strategic stability and arms control in space.
According to Sergey Ryabkov, statements by US officials about their intention to deploy weapons in space "cannot possibly harm" the Russia-US dialogue on strategic stability, "because that dialogue does not exist"
MOSCOW, September 16. /TASS/. It is not too late to prevent an arms race in space, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said at a briefing following a BRICS summit.
"We believe that there is still time to create conditions that would prevent an arms race and the growing risk of open conflict in space," the diplomat noted.
According to Ryabkov, statements by US officials about their intention to deploy weapons in space "cannot possibly harm" the Russia-US dialogue on strategic stability, "because that dialogue does not exist." "You cannot harm something that does not exist," the deputy foreign minister emphasized.

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