Bishkek/Islamabad, May 22
Pakistan and Russia today voiced concern over weaponisation of the outer space and vowed to prevent it from becoming an arena for military confrontation, nearly two months after India shot down one of its satellites in space with an anti-satellite missile.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov signed a joint statement on “no first placement of weapons in outer space” on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
The joint statement said the outer space should be used in compliance with international law for the benefit of all nations, regardless of the level of their economic, scientific or technological development.
Pakistan’s Foreign Office said the two countries shared a common position on the prevention of arms race in outer space and work collectively on various international fora towards that goal. — PTI
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