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WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (PTI) India said on Tuesday that it had made a choice it believed was in its national interest, and said it had no difficulty with Russia in servicing military equipment and spare parts after the Ukraine war.
“Regarding military equipment (from Russia), as far as I know, I don’t think we have had any particular problems in recent months with the maintenance and the supply of spare parts for the equipment we have obtained from Russia in the past,” Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said in a meeting with the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told reporters at a joint news conference.
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“Where do we get our military equipment and platforms from, it’s not a question, to be honest, it’s a new question or one that’s especially changed because of geopolitical tensions,” he said.
He noted that India looks at possibilities around the world. “We looked at the quality of the technology, the quality of the capabilities, the terms of providing specific equipment, and we made choices that we thought were in our national interest,” Jashankar said.
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For example, India has actually sourced a lot from the US over the past 15 years, he said. “For example, if you think about aircraft — C-17s, C-130s, P-8s, Apache helicopters, Chinook or howitzers, M777 howitzers — we did this recently in France buying their Rafale aircraft. We bought it from Israel,” the minister noted.
“So we have a heritage of multi-sourcing and for us, how to get the best deal from the competitive environment is what it all really means,” Jaishankar said in response to a question.
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