11 Apr 2014 13:52

U.S. Department of State softens stance on NASA-Russia cooperation - Roscosmos

MOSCOW. April 11 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is not stopping dialogue with its U.S. partners and the position of the U.S. Department of State on cooperation with Russia has softened, Roscosmos Deputy Director Sergei Savelyev said.

"We are not halting dialogue with NASA. At the beginning of this week, a NASA official said during contacts with us that the position of the Department of State had softened," Savelyev told reporters in Moscow on Friday.

He recalled that NASA last week issued an internal regulation restricting its interaction with Russia, with the exception of the ISS. "We have such information," Savelyev said.