Delegations from Russia and the United States are in contact on the issue of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons in space on the relevant international platforms, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov announced to the media on Thursday.

“Our delegations at relevant international platforms, and first of all in New York, where the US government is pushing the charges against Russia, are in contact and discussing this issue,” Ryabkov said, according to TASS. “For our part, exhaustive comments have been made at all levels: the president and the foreign minister of Russia have made statements on this issue, and the same issue has been touched on several times in news briefings by the official representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry ».

Ryabkoff said that the United States they are trying to “smear Russia”telling stories about Moscow’s alleged plans to develop weapons in space.

“This (US accusations) is nothing more than another attempt to find pretexts to smear Moscow’s policies. We repeat once again for those who have not yet memorized it, that Russia is fully committed to its obligations under multilateral agreements, including those related to space,” the Russian diplomat said. “These agreements speak for themselves. We will also continue to promote initiatives related to preventing an arms race in space and avoiding the first placement of weapons in space.”

Ryabkov recalled that it was the US and its satellites that continued to work against Russian initiatives recent years.

“Their lies, their efforts to add more unbelievable stories to the endless anti-Russian narrative cannot derail us,” Ryabkov added. “We will stay in touch with the global majority to keep space peaceful and achieve a situation where there will be no threat to anyone from there: not to the countries, not to the technology, not to the ability for normal communication.”

Ryabkov emphasized that there should be no weapons in space. “Space is, of course, used for military purposes, but there should be no weapons there,” he commented.