Washington: Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna A legislative amendment has been introduced in the US House of Representatives to provide exemption to India against punitive CAATSA Restrictions for the purchase of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia Arguing that this would strengthen the defense partnership between New Delhi and America,
The Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), which was introduced in 2017, provides for punitive action against any country engaged in transactions with the Russian defense and intelligence sectors.
In October 2018, India signed a USD 5 billion deal with Russia to buy five units of the S-400 air defense missile systems, despite warnings from the then Trump administration that proceeding with the contract could invite US sanctions. signed the agreement.
“While India faces an urgent need to maintain its heavily Russian-made weapon systems, sanctions relaxation under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) during this transition period between the US and the US-India defense partnership is in the best interest of. To deter the aggressors in light of the close partnership of Russia and China,” said the legislative amendment brought by Khanna, a Democratic MP from California.
“The historic amendment will strengthen the US-India defense partnership and ensure that India does not face severe sanctions at a time when we need to build an alliance,” Food told PTI a day after the introduction of the law.
“This is an extremely important and urgent initiative to degrade US-India relations. I hope my colleagues will pass it on a bipartisan basis,” Khanna said in response to a question.
The legislative amendment states that India faces immediate and serious territorial border threats from China, which is subjected to sustained military aggression. Chinese government On the India-China border.
Given that India relies on Russian-made weapons for its national defence, the legislative amendment calls for the United States to accelerate its transition from Russian-made weapons and defense systems while strongly supporting India’s immediate defense needs. Additional steps should be taken to encourage India.
The US has already imposed sanctions on Turkey under CAATSA for procuring a batch of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia.
Following US sanctions on Turkey over the purchase of S-400 missile systems, there were fears that Washington might impose similar punitive measures on India.
The Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), which was introduced in 2017, provides for punitive action against any country engaged in transactions with the Russian defense and intelligence sectors.
In October 2018, India signed a USD 5 billion deal with Russia to buy five units of the S-400 air defense missile systems, despite warnings from the then Trump administration that proceeding with the contract could invite US sanctions. signed the agreement.
“While India faces an urgent need to maintain its heavily Russian-made weapon systems, sanctions relaxation under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) during this transition period between the US and the US-India defense partnership is in the best interest of. To deter the aggressors in light of the close partnership of Russia and China,” said the legislative amendment brought by Khanna, a Democratic MP from California.
“The historic amendment will strengthen the US-India defense partnership and ensure that India does not face severe sanctions at a time when we need to build an alliance,” Food told PTI a day after the introduction of the law.
“This is an extremely important and urgent initiative to degrade US-India relations. I hope my colleagues will pass it on a bipartisan basis,” Khanna said in response to a question.
The legislative amendment states that India faces immediate and serious territorial border threats from China, which is subjected to sustained military aggression. Chinese government On the India-China border.
Given that India relies on Russian-made weapons for its national defence, the legislative amendment calls for the United States to accelerate its transition from Russian-made weapons and defense systems while strongly supporting India’s immediate defense needs. Additional steps should be taken to encourage India.
The US has already imposed sanctions on Turkey under CAATSA for procuring a batch of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia.
Following US sanctions on Turkey over the purchase of S-400 missile systems, there were fears that Washington might impose similar punitive measures on India.