“The Council instructed me to officially terminate the currently suspended cooperation with Roscosmos on the ExoMars rover and landing platform mission,” he informed.

In March 2022, the ruling council of the European Space Agency (ESA) declared it impossible to continue cooperation with the state corporation Roscosmos on the ExoMars mission due to Russia's special operation in Ukraine.

In June, it was reported that ESA had returned to discussing the ExoMars mission with the Russian state corporation Roscosmos.