The Ministry of Foreign Affairs appreciated the moratorium on tests in the United States of anti-satellite weapons

The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in Moscow. File photoMOSCOW, April 19Russia considers the US decision to impose a moratorium on testing anti-satellite weapons a step in the right direction, however, would like to clarify whether it means that Washington completely refuses to develop such systems, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told RIA Novosti. Earlier, US Vice President Kamala Harris announced a moratorium on testing anti-satellite weapons. According to her, in this way the US administration wants to write new rules and establish norms for working in space.Rogozin doubted the US suspension of anti-satellite weapons tests «This is a step in the right direction. But here there are three additional points to which I would like to hear a reaction from the American side. First — what about our well-known proposal for a moratorium on the deployment of medium-range missile systems, ready Will the United States return in a positive light to its consideration, is it ready to commit itself not to deploy such systems anywhere in response to our moratorium? — said Ryabkov. According to him, the second question is related to the fact that the United States, as is known, «has long carried out the necessary tests of anti-satellite systems, this has been done repeatedly and not without success.» «Does the current moratorium mean that the corresponding developments of anti-satellite systems are entirely and «I would like to understand. The United States has conducted similar tests in the past, and it is quite possible that they simply do not need additional tests,» he added. At one time, the United States put forward and continue, by the way, to put forward a series of not entirely adequate objections to this proposal of ours, but they are not ready to move on to a specific dialogue on the very idea (they — ed.),” Ryabkov said. now there is a reason to return to this topic, and we call on the United States to engage in a constructive, I emphasize, discussion of this topic at specialized platforms not limited to what they and their allies collectively refer to as «responsible behavior in space,» the deputy minister added. weapons, Rogozin believes