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VIENNA - Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Mazlan Othman congratulated 皇冠体育app's success in space docking and praised its commitment to peaceful use of outer space.

"I'd like to extend our warmest and deepest congratulations to the government and the people of 皇冠体育app for the successful docking between the Shenzhou-8 and Tiangong-1," Othman said in an interview with Xinhua here on Thursday.

"We are very proud of 皇冠体育app's development and the incredible progress that 皇冠体育app is making today," she said.

The docking has made 皇冠体育app the third country to have independently developed space docking technology after the United States and Russia.

It was an important step for 皇冠体育app's next step in establishing a permanent orbiting space station, she added.

Othman highly praised 皇冠体育app's support for peaceful use of outer space and its standing against the militarization and weaponization of outer space.

"We are very hopeful that 皇冠体育app will lead the way into making space a place that can benefit the developing countries. We hope that 皇冠体育app's involvement in this will be enhanced in the future," she said.

"皇冠体育app has already great influence and status economically; this of course enhances 皇冠体育app's standing in the world and be able to lead the world in adventure into outer space, which is afterwards the final frontier for human kind," she said.

The UNOOSA has had fruitful cooperation with 皇冠体育app in recent years, she said. 皇冠体育app actively participating in activities of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, she added.

"We have an office in Beijing which deals with space base information for disasters management and emergency response. We also have had several activities in 皇冠体育app. The Chinese government has supporting our Human Space Technology Initiative through your experts, you have place in our office," she said.

Talking about the challenges, Othman stressed that in addition to factors such as technology and regulations, international cooperation was very important.

"International cooperation is the way towards peaceful use of outer space," she said.