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Pakistan and Russia on Wednesday signed a joint statement on ‘no first placement of weapons in outer space’ in Kyrgyzstan, said a statement by the Foreign Office (FO).
The joint statement was signed by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting. “Outer space is being used by an increasing number of States. Pakistan has been consistently highlighting the risks of weaponisation of outer space, which threaten the long term sustainability of peaceful space activities,” said the joint statement. “The use of force against space-based objects, the development and deployment of anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems and their integration into space assets have added worrying dimensions to the issues relating to outer space.”
It insisted that “there is an urgent need to address gaps in the international legal regime governing the exploration and use of outer space.”
bishkek
Pakistan and Russia on Wednesday signed a joint statement on ‘no first placement of weapons in outer space’ in Kyrgyzstan, said a statement by the Foreign Office (FO).
The joint statement was signed by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting. “Outer space is being used by an increasing number of States. Pakistan has been consistently highlighting the risks of weaponisation of outer space, which threaten the long term sustainability of peaceful space activities,” said the joint statement. “The use of force against space-based objects, the development and deployment of anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems and their integration into space assets have added worrying dimensions to the issues relating to outer space.”
It insisted that “there is an urgent need to address gaps in the international legal regime governing the exploration and use of outer space.”
