The US has rejected China's plans for talks on a space weapons treaty, stating that there is no problem for arms controls to solve because there is no arms race in space, Reuters reported. While China has joined with Russia in urging negotiations for an agreement on the peaceful use of space, the US said China's recent anti-satellite missile test had endangered hundreds of satellites and left debris that will remain in orbit for a century. The issue was heard before a 65-member forum in Geneva devoted to global negotiations on treaties to ban production of nuclear bomb-making fissile material and prevent an arms race in outer space, known as PAROS.
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