No blanket waivers from punitive US sanctions will be issued for any one particular country under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), an official of the Trump Administration has said.
Speaking to reporters on the condition of anonymity, the senior official said the grant of any such waiver for significant transactions with Russia would be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
“There are no blanket waivers that will be issued for any one country, and any waiver that we might contemplate for significant transaction with Russia would be assessed on a case-by-case basis and would require, among other things, countries to significantly reduce their reliance on Russian arms,” the official said.
The punitive Russian sanctions act or CAATSA, which was recently amended by the US Congress, does not have a country-specific provision, the official said while responding to a question on whether the waiver was a done deal for India.
India is planning to buy five S-400 Triumf missile air defence systems from Russia for around USD 4.5 billion.