India-Russia S-400 Missile Deal: US Reports Warns.
A US Congressional report has warned that the multibillion dollar deal India is making to purchase Russian made S-400 air defence systems might trigger US sanctions on New Delhi. The latest report by the Congressional Research Services (CRS) which is an independent and bipartisan research wing of the US Congress said, “India is eager for more technology sharing and co-production initiatives while the US urges more reforms in India’s defence offsets policy and higher Foreign Direct Investment caps in its defence sectors.”
The report was prepared for the members of the Congress to make informed decisions and the reports warned that “India’s multi-billion dollar deal to purchase Russian made S-400 air defence systems may trigger US sanctions on India under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanction Act.”
The reports by the CRS are not an official report of the US Congress nor do they reflect the view of the congressmen. These reports are only prepared by the independent experts for the lawmakers to take informed decisions.
The S-400 missile is known as Russia’s most advanced long range surface-to-air missile of the defence system and in 2018 October India signed a USD 5billion deal with Russia to purchase 5 units of the S-400 missile despite warnings from the Trump administration. India made the first payment of an installment of around USD 800 million to Russia for the missile in 2019.
Russia had said in the previous month that it’s ongoing defence deals and its implementations with India which includes the supply of a batch of S-400missilt system is making its progress and is not enduring the threat of US sanctions.
Nikolay Kudashev who is the Russian ambassador to India appeared in après conference last month and he criticized the US sanctions on Turkey for procuring the S-400 under 2.5 million deal saying Moscow doesn’t acknowledge such unidirectional actions.
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