On India's S-400 Missile Deal With Russia, Biden's Envoy Pick Said This

Wednesday, 15 December 2021newsdesk

The growing defence trade between India and the US is one of the major success stories of the bilateral relation, US President Joe Biden's nominee for next envoy to New Delhi has told lawmakers. Eric Michael Garcetti, 50, is currently serving as the Mayor of Los Angeles and is a personal confidant of Mr Biden.

New Delhi, 15 December 2021

As per news report of NDTV, Mr Garcetti, during his confirmation hearing as US Ambassador to India, said that he fully supports the law of the land, the implementation of CAATSA and part of that is the waiver provision. He was responding to a question on enforcement of CAATSA sanctions on India now that New Delhi has started receiving delivery of the S-400 missile system from Russia. "I don't want to prejudge the Secretary's decision about sanctions or a waiver. And I do want to tell the Chairman, Ranking Member (and) all the members (of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee) I do fully support the law of the land, the implementation of CAATSA as law here and part of that is the waiver provision," Mr Garcetti said.

Source - NDTV