Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov on Sunday said S-400 air defence missile systems will be delivered to India in strict accordance with the schedule.
India Will Receive S-400 Missile Systems Within Schedule: Russia
India had signed a USD 5.43-billion deal with Russia for the purchase of five S-400 systems last year for long-term security needs.
India Will Receive S-400 Missile Systems Within Schedule: Russia
India Will Receive S-400 Missile Systems Within Schedule: Russia
"The advance payment has been received and everything will be delivered in strict accordance with the schedule, within about 18-19 months," Borisov told state-owned broadcaster Rossiya-1.
The S-400 is considered Russia's most advanced long-range surface-to-air missile defence system.
China was the first foreign buyer to seal a government-to-government deal with Russia in 2014 to procure the lethal missile system.
Last month, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was in Moscow to meet his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to discuss ways to further advance bilateral cooperation.
India had signed a USD 5.43-billion deal with Russia for the purchase of five S-400 systems during the 19th India-Russia Annual Bilateral Summit in New Delhi on October 5 last year for long-term security needs.
The purchase comes in the wake of the US stating on multiple occasions that?India acquiring the S-400 missile defence system from Russia is a "problem."
Senior Trump administration officials have previously cautioned India that the S-400 deal could attract sanctions under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) law that restricts defence purchases from Russia, Iran and North Korea.
(With inputs from ANI)
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