This is stated on the website of the department.
“It is not clear by what law the US administration is trying to take only a leading role in shaping the global agenda on such a sensitive international issue. We proceed from the equality of all states in the study and use of outer space for peaceful purposes, ”the Foreign Ministry noted.
The ministry noted that outer space, including the moon, is not subject to national appropriation.
“We emphasize that we consider the universally recognized principles and norms of international space law, codified, in particular, in the Outer Space Treaty of January 27, 1967, including the principle according to which outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, as an indispensable basis for such a discussion. is not subject to national appropriation in any way, ”the Russian department emphasized.
Earlier, according to CNBC, Trump signed a decree securing the right of Americans to extract space resources.
The deputy director general of Roscosmos for international cooperation, Sergey Savelyev, called the plan of the US president aggressive.