SYKTYVKAR, May 15 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov has urged safeguarding Russia’s interests in space exploration and development, including the competitiveness of the GLONASS satellite navigation system.
“We must and we shall work seriously on our GLONASS system,” Ivanov told a student audience at a college in Syktyvkar.
“We should literally elbow our way through to safeguard our interests. We should work really hard, if we want to be competitive,” Ivanov said, adding that the GPS navigation system was already operational and its European counterpart Galileo was in the creation phase.
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