“In this regard, they confirm the urgent need to develop a legally binding instrument on the basis of the Russian-Chinese draft treaty on the prevention of the deployment of weapons in outer space, the use of force or threat of force against space objects, as well as the importance of the international initiative on the non-deployment of the first weapons in space, full-scale all the CSTO member states are its participants, ”TASS quotes the text of the declaration.
In 2020, the deputy general director of Roscosmos, Sergei Savelyev, said that the Russian side was in favor of adopting a resolution to prevent an arms race in outer space.
Also, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, member of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi reported that China urged to start negotiations as soon as possible on the development of an agreement to prevent an arms race in outer space.