PM Narendra Modi asks space-faring nations to choose co-operation over confrontation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the International Space Summit in Paris, advocating for global cooperation and sustainability in space exploration. He highlighted India's growing space capabilities and future goals, including an Indian space station by 2035.
Why it matters
As space becomes more crowded, international diplomatic frameworks for space governance are becoming increasingly critical for global security.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised the need for countries to explore, innovate, and protect space together while delivering a speech through video-conferencing on the second day of the International Space Summit in Paris. He invited France and the world to be co-travellers in India’s next space frontier. “Let the space summit in Paris send a clear message: we will explore together, innovate together, and protect space together, for all humanity, and for generations to come.”
The Prime Minister said that while orbits have become more crowded, technologies more powerful, and with more actors in the space domain, the focus should be on co-operation over confrontation, sustainability over short-term gain, and inclusion over exclusion.
“We support a safe, secure, peaceful, and sustainable space domain anchored in international law, dialogue, and multilateral co-operation,” he said.
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