“Remember the famous phrase of the ancient Roman politician, with which he ended any speech“ Carthage must be destroyed ”?

So we at every negotiations with colleagues from NASA declare that Carthage must be destroyed: for fruitful cooperation the sanctions must be lifted, "he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Rogozin and Melroy are in Dubai, where the International Astronautical Congress is taking place.

According to the head of Roscosmos, Washington is "smoothly moving" towards the decision to lift restrictive measures from the enterprises of the Russian state corporation.

NASA chief Bill Nelson previously called the cooperation between the United States and Russia in space unique.

He noted that he would not like "this to stop."