New Delhi has been 'heard and understood' by the US administration over its accord to buy the S-400 missile defence system for $5.2 billion, the minister said in an interview this week.
NEW DELHI – India is hopeful it will avoid US sanctions over its purchase of Russia's S-400 missile system, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told AFP.
It has also warned Nato member Turkey of sanctions for buying the S-400, and has suspended Turkey's participation in a US jet programme. Before the deal was inked, Washington poured cold water on India's efforts to obtain a waiver from the US Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act . In 2017 India and China had a military standoff over a Himalayan plateau claimed by both Beijing and Bhutan, a close ally of India.
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