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State Dept warns India NOBODY has ‘special protection’ from US sanctions for S-400 deals with Russia

9 Jan, 2020

The US State Department has issued a not-so-thinly veiled warning to New Delhi, urging Indian officials to reconsider purchasing Russia’s S-400 missile defense systems or face the wrath of American sanctions.

Asked about India’s pursuit of the S-400s during a press briefing on Wednesday, a senior State Department official said the country enjoyed no special protection from US sanctions, which Washington has also threatened to impose on Turkey over its own purchase of the missile platform.

“There is not a blanket waiver. Congress certainly never designed that or anticipated that, nor did the administration,” he said, adding:

Indian officials know that there’s a risk of application of sanctions.

Immediately following the low-key threat, however, the official noted there was no “blanket application” for sanctions on India either, suggesting they would be applied on a “case-by-case” basis, and could in theory be adjusted to be less “deep-cutting.”

https://www.rt.com/news/477779-state-department-sanctions-india-s400/