The House of US representatives approved an amendment, which allows India to avoid sanctions in accordance with the Caatsa law (“On opposition to opponents of America through sanctions”) for the acquisition of S-400 air defense systems from Russia, writes the Press Trust of India (PTI) agency.
According to the agency, the amendment was introduced by the American Congressman of Indian origin of RO HANNAM and calls on the Biden administration to use its powers to provide India from punishment in the form of sanctions. “The United States should support India in the face of an escalation of China aggression. As a deputy chairman of the Cokus (Political Assembly), I work to strengthen partnerships between our countries and ensure that India can defend along the Indian-Chinese border. There is no more important relationship For the strategic interests of the United States than the American -Indian partnership, ”the edition of Hannah quotes.
In 2015, India announced the intention to acquire Russian S-400 air defense systems, which caused serious discontent to the United States, which threatens the use of sanctions against states from Russia modern systems of weapons and military equipment, in accordance with the Caatsa law adopted in 2017 . In New Delhi, they say that they do not intend to abandon the Russian S-400.