Hope India, US will be able to resolve differences over S-400 deal: US Deputy Secretary of State

 "We've been quite public about any country that decides to use the S-400. We think that is dangerous and not in anybody's security interest," Wendy Sherman said. ​The first batch of S-400 missile defence system will arrive in India from Russia this year.

New Delhi: Any country deciding to use the S-400 missiles is "dangerous" and not in anybody's security interest, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Wednesday (October 6) referring to Washington's position on the matter even as she hoped that the US and India will be able to resolve differences over New Delhi's procurement of the Russian weapons system.

Sherman told a small group of journalists that any decision on possible sanctions on the S-400 deal will be made by President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhary on Tuesday said that the first batch of S-400 missile defence system will arrive in India from Russia by this year.

Indian government sources said the issue of India procuring the S-400 missile system from Russia figured in Sherman's wide-ranging talks with Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and that both sides hoped to find a way out on the issue through dialogue. "We've been quite public about any country that decides to use the S-400. We think that is dangerous and not in anybody's security interest. That said, we have a strong partnership with India," Sherman said.