CAATSA realities
India’s unique and complex situation and history resurfaced recently with Delhi abstaining on the UN vote condemning the Russian action in Ukraine.
India’s unique and complex situation and history resurfaced recently with Delhi abstaining on the UN vote condemning the Russian action in Ukraine.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US-India partnership is reaching new heights with cooperation in the defence and other sectors and a common vision for free and open Indo-Pacific.
Diplomatic sources say that S-400 is an issue, a matter of concern for the US but the deal cannot be set aside as India has a long-standing relationship with Russia.
India and Russia signed a $5 billion S-400 air defence system deal in October last year.
Brushing aside the threat of American sanctions, India in October last year signed the much-anticipated S-400 long-range surface-to-air missile defence system deal with Russia.
There is a 'mutual desire to move positively and quickly' in defence relationship, Nirmala Sitharaman told media persons at the Pentagon on Monday
Under the CAATSA sanctions, only Trump has the authority for the presidential waiver to India on weapons deal with sanctions-hit Russia.
For several months prior to the finalising of the defence deal that was signed in New Delhi on 4 October…
The delivery of the missile systems, tipped to be over USD 5 billion, will start 24 months from the signing of the contract.
The US had earlier urged its allies to forgo transactions with Russia, warning that the S-400 missile defence system that India intends to buy would be a 'focus area' for sanctions.
