Fwd: Russia and China's position on need for treaty banning weapons in space

[Ellen Thomas]

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Subject:	Russia and China's position on need for treaty banning weapons in space
Date:	Sat, 27 Sep 2025 17:19:49 -0400
From:	Alice Slater <alicej...@gmail.com>

To read China and Russia's full joint statement on global strategic stability including the Golden Dome and the peaceful use of outer space, click HERE. 

See in particular:

 The two Sides oppose the attempts of individual countries to use outer space for armed confrontation and will counter security policies and activities aimed at achieving military superiority, as well as at officially defining and using outer space as a ”warfighting domain“. The two Sides confirm the need to start negotiations on a legally binding instrument based on the Russian-Chinese draft of the Treaty on the Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space and of the Threat or Use of Force Against Outer Space Objects as soon as possible, that would provide fundamental and reliable guarantees for preventing an arms race in outer space, weaponization of outer space and the threat or use of force against outer space objects or with their help. In order to safeguard world peace, ensure equal and indivisible security for all, and improve the predictability and sustainability of the exploration and peaceful use of outer space by all States, the two Sides agree to promote on a global scale the international initiative/political commitment not to be the first to deploy weapons in outer space.

It is a disgrace that the US repeatedly rejects China and Russia's pleas to negotiate a treaty to ban weapons in space!   

Alice Slater

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