The head of the US State Department in the course of congressional hearings has allowed himself the, that to him, few US officials could afford Administration. Instead of, to answer questions, Pompeo they began to ask himself against some senators. One of those US senators, who had to answer the questions of the head of the US State Department, Stalin Bob Menendez, is a strong supporter of the program CAATSA.
We are talking about the program, which provides for the imposition of restrictive measures against those countries, which continue cooperating with Russia in the military-technical sphere.
The issue was raised during the hearing that, that the imposition of sanctions on countries, US to buy Russian weapons may alienate potential buyers of US arms. Pompeo, in particular, He gave the example of India, noting, Prime Minister of India discussed in Sochi with Russian President pressure issue with Washington precisely CAATSA.
Here it should be noted, that earlier letter to the US Congress wrote to the Pentagon chief James Mattis, which is also called the Senators well weigh the "pros" and "against" the widespread distribution of sanction threats.
Pompeo, referring to senators and separately to Menéndez:
Do you bear a liability in the, that you will help the defense minister Mattis obtain the necessary exceptions to it, to insure, that these sanctions do not affect the people, which must not be affected by limitations imposed? I know, that today is not my day for, to ask you questions, but now I have to clarify very important for all the details we.
This refers to the, that the imposition of sanctions, eg, against India for its willingness to buy Russia's S-400, Washington is pushing India closer to Russia.
Menendez zayavil, he did not consider it necessary to make the law CAATSA any exceptions.
Sen.:
I'll tell you this: if we allow a country does not comply with the sanctions regime, finding some benefit, then we are undermining the policy of sanctions. Other countries immediately begin to look for non-compliance with the sanctions regime options.
In this way, we can say, Washington sanction its endless blocks threats and driving himself to a standstill, from which the "leader", actually, hard to get.
