# MFA: It is still possible to prevent an arms race in space

https://mins.news/en/item/60772

- TASS, 2026-09-16 10:40 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2188351

> Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said conditions can still be created to prevent an arms race and a rising risk of open conflict in space. He said US officials’ statements about deploying weapons in space cannot harm the Russia-US strategic stability dialogue because, in his words, that dialogue does not exist.

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