Moscow and New Delhi are in talks to boost deliveries of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to India, TASS news agency reported, citing a senior Russian defence export official.
“India already has our S-400 system,” TASS quoted Dmitry Shugayev, head of Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, as saying.
“There is potential to expand our cooperation in this area as well. That means new deliveries. For now, we are in the negotiation stage.”
India signed a $5.5 billion deal with Russia in 2018 for five S-400 Triumf long-range surface-to-air missile systems.
But deliveries of the systems have been delayed several times. Moscow is expected to deliver units of the final two S-400 systems to India in 2026 and 2027.
(This is a developing story)