Russia, India Non-Committal On S-400 Missile System Delivery

"We reiterated our commitment to military-technical cooperation," Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said after discussions with Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

India and Russia's top diplomats sidestepped questions on the pending delivery of Moscow's controversial S-400 weapons system to the country and vowed to deepen military-technical cooperation following a meeting in Delhi on Tuesday. The nation's planned purchase of the anti-aircraft missile system from Russia -- due for delivery in December -- has raised the risk of U.S. sanctions similar to those imposed on Turkey. The former Trump administration had denied India a waiver from a 2017 U.S. law aimed at deterring nations from buying Russian military hardware, a stance that is expected to continue under President Joe Biden. "We reiterated our commitment to military-technical cooperation," Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said after discussions with Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. "We have an intergovernmental commission on military-technical cooperation. It has its plans, and this includes discussion of additional manufacturing of Russian military equipment on Indian territory."