India: The United States can offer us nothing that compares to C-400
We are talking about the requirements of the United States to comply with anti-Russian sanctions - according to the so-called CAATSA Act. To put it simply, its purpose is to extend sanctions to those who enter into trade relations with Russia in the arms market and in the energy sector. India has such a relationship for many years, and today declares its interest in acquiring the C-400 air defense system.
The Indian National Security Council adopted a document stating that if the United States is talking about partnership with India, then this partnership cannot go against national security.
Former Indian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Pundi S. Raghavan:
It is reported that at the level of the US Secretary of Foreign Affairs, the official position was passed that American sanctions could not and should not affect bilateral relations between India and Russia, including relations in the military-technical sphere.
Pundi Raghavan:
It should be recalled that the day before there was information about India’s withdrawal from the FGFA joint project with Russia - the fifth generation fighter. In New Delhi, said that the proposed Russian option can not be attributed to the fifth generation. A number of experts considered that this decision of India could be connected with the American pressure in the CAATSA format.
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