India defends right to buy Russian arms on US trip 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseIndia’s foreign minister on Monday defended his country’s right to buy a missile defense system from Russia despite the threat of sanctions from the United States. “We would not like any state to tell us what to buy or not to buy from Russia any more than we would like any state to tell us to buy or not buy from America,” he said. Turkey, a NATO ally, in June angered the United States by also going ahead with an S-400 purchase. Jaishankar hailed warm relations overall with the United States but underlined India’s differences with Trump’s hawkish stance on Iran.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 30, 2019 21:00 UTC