Lavrov: the United States began to implement plans for the deployment of weapons in space

The text of the article is posted on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

“Washington has embarked on plans to deploy weapons in space, rejecting proposals to agree on a universal moratorium on such activities,” Lavrov said.

At the end of August, American leader Donald Trump during the ceremony dedicated to the launch of the United States Space Command, called space the next area of ​​military operations.

Later, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Joseph Dunford, said that Washington’s “opponents” in space were Russia, China, North Korea and Iran.