No difficulties with Russia on servicing of army tools, spare components, says Jaishankar

Asserting that it workout routines a selection that it believes is in its nationwide curiosity, India Tuesday mentioned it has no difficulties with Russia on servicing of army tools and spare components within the aftermath of the battle in Ukraine.

“On the military equipment (from Russia), to the best of my knowledge, I don’t think in recent months we have faced any particular problems in terms of servicing and spare parts supply of equipment that we have got in the past from Russia,” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar instructed reporters at a joint information convention with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

“Where we get our military equipment and platforms from, that’s not an issue, honestly, which is a new issue or an issue which has particularly changed because of geopolitical tensions,” he mentioned.

India, he famous, appears at potentialities the world over. “We look at the quality of technology, the quality of capability, the terms on which that particular equipment is offered, and we exercise a choice which we believe is in our national interest,” Jaishankar mentioned.

In the final 15 years, for instance, India has truly procured loads from the United States, he mentioned. “If you may consider, for example, aircraft – the C-17, the C-130, the P-8, or the Apache helicopter or the Chinooks or the Howitzers, the M777 Howitzers – we have done so from France when we recently bought their Rafale aircraft. We have done so from Israel,” the minister famous.

“So, we have a tradition of multi-sourcing and for us, how to get the optimal deal from a competitive situation is really what this is all about,” Jaishankar mentioned in response to a query.