The US administration is considering the need to impose sanctions on India in connection with its stockpiles of Russian weapons and its dependence on Russian military equipment, reported edition of The Hill, quoting US Under Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Donald Lu. US authorities are considering such sanctions in connection with the Russian military operation in Ukraine.

Lu said the US administration assesses how the close military relationship between India and Russia threatens US security. “This is a matter that we are considering very carefully as the administration considers the larger issue of whether to apply penalties under CAATSA or waive those penalties,” he said.

He noted that the US administration is now trying to figure out if the US defense technologies that the country shares with India can be properly protected, given the historical relationship between Russia and India and trade in defense products. defense.

Lu said US dignitaries including President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken have called on India to take a clearer stance against Russia’s undercover operation in Ukraine.

On December 6, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the holding of a meeting of the Russian-Indian intergovernmental commission on military and military-technical cooperation in New Delhi. In particular, the parties signed an agreement on a program of military-technical cooperation until 2030. At the same time, Russia and India signed a contract for the joint production of 600,000 AK- 203 at a company in Korva, Uttar Pradesh.