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CAATSA Sanctions
+ after India signed a $ 5 billion deal for the purchase of the much vaunted S-400 air defense system in Russia.
Under the law against American opponents through sanctions or sanctions of CAATSA, which was amended earlier this year, only Trump is entitled to waive the presidential renunciation to India in the arms market with Russia hit by sanctions.
India last week
signed a $ 5 billion deal
+ to acquire the S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft defense system in Moscow. The mega agreement was sealed in New Delhi during the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of the annual summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Asked about the India-Russia deal, Trump spoke with reporters from the White House's oval office and said, "India will know it, will not it?"
"India will find out," he repeated in response to a specific question from India.
When asked when, he replied, "You'll see, sooner than you think."
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was also in the room when Trump responded to the CAATSA sanctions question. Pompeo was to meet the president later.
Pompeo and the Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, had already pleaded for a waiver in favor of India.
Last week, the White House had declared that the presidential waiver to the arms agreement with Russia struck by sanctions was intended to "hijack" countries like India from the United States. Russian equipment.
"CAATSA's (presidential) waiver is narrow, it aims to wean Russian equipment and allow such things as spare parts for equipment previously purchased," said a spokesman for the National Security Council of the House Blanche at the conclusion of the S-400 contract. .
The spokesman of the US Embassy in New Delhi said that CAATSA was destined for Moscow and not for the purpose of harming the military capabilities of its "allies and partners".
