No pressure to buy F-16 jets, US envoy says

The United States is not going to put pressure on India to buy F-16 fighter jets or any other defence system, a senior US diplomat has said.

US consul-general in Mumbai Edgard Kagan said India has purchased more than $15 billion (Dh55.09 billion) worth of American defence materials.

Asked if there was a threat of the US imposing trade sanctions on India after its deal with Russia for the S-400 defence system he said, “We recognise that India makes its decisions on its own grounds.”