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China, Russia present joint initiative on space arms race control

China and Russia on Tuesday submitted to a UN-sponsored disarmament conference a joint proposal for an international treaty to ban the deployment of weapons in outer space. The draft Treaty on the Prevention of the Placement of Weap ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Wed, Feb 13 2008

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24 Jan 07 visit Outer space experiment 'no threat' to any country  »  People's Daily China has always advocated the peaceful use of outer space and opposes weaponization or an arms race in space, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.
23 Jan 07 visit China says it opposes arms races in space  »  People's Daily China opposes the weaponization of space and any arms race in space, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in Beijing Tuesday in response to questions concerning China's space experiment recently.
30 Sep 07 visit Russian envoy satisfied with draft joint document  »  People's Daily Russia is satisfied with the draft joint document submitted by China on Saturday, host and chair of the ongoing six party talks on nuke issues, said top Russian envoy Alexander Losyukov on Sunday, noting "It is a good one." Losyukov sai ...
22 Jul 08 visit China and Russia sign border agreement  »  Shanghaiist Foreign ministers of China and Russia signed a treaty in Beijing on Monday ending a 40-year-long territorial dispute to finally determine their borders. The treaty addressed the eastern part of the two countries' 4,300 km-long border, with Russia...

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