By Xinhua
Washington : The US has rejected Russia’s call for a new treaty to ban the use of weapons in space while calling for dialogues to create “transparency and confidence-building”.
“The US opposes the development of new legal regimes or other restrictions that seek to prohibit or limit access to or use of space,” White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Tuesday.
“The only way to determine such intent is to discuss each nation’s policies and strategies for space activities, and we encourage discussions aimed at promoting transparency and confidence-building measures,” she said.
She said the US welcomed international cooperation “to preserve the benefits of peaceful activities in space for everyone” and was “committed to preserving equal access for peaceful uses of outer space”.
But “proposed arms control agreements or restrictions must not impair the rights of the US to conduct research, development, testing and operation or other activities in space for national interests,” she noted.