S Jaishankar additionally instructed reporters that the precise situation was not mentioned (File)
New Delhi: Russian International Minister Sergey Lavrov, who was in India on an official go to on Tuesday, mentioned he didn’t talk about the difficulty of US strain or sanctions on the sale of the S-400 system to India, including that if Washington places strain on any nation, there will probably be a reciprocal response.
The Russian International Minister instructed reporters in New Delhi, “It wasn’t me who mentioned the US exercised strain on India however some other nation which wished to signal an settlement with Russia on the supply of weapons… If the US says this overtly, all of us will know, however we additionally know the reciprocal response.”
Russian International Minister additional mentioned, “With India, we don’t talk about these statements by the US. As a substitute, we confirmed that we’re going into diplomatic army cooperation. We’ve got an intergovernmental committee. The military-technical cooperation has its personal plan. We additionally mentioned extra manufacturing of the Russian army tools in India throughout the idea of made in India and within the idea of impartial India. So right here I do not hear any fluctuations or modifications from our Indian companions and associates.”
This assertion comes as US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin had raised the difficulty of S-400 final month with India and alluded that procurement can also entice sanctions below Countering America’s Adversaries By way of Sanctions Act (CAATSA).
In a press convention at present, Union minister S Jaishankar instructed reporters that the precise situation was not mentioned as this was dealt with by a special physique headed by the defence minister.
Earlier within the day, Mr Lavrov, who’s on a two-day India go to, held delegation-level talks with Mr Jaishankar.
