India defends right to buy Russian arms on US trip

India's foreign minister on Monday defended his country's right to buy a missile defense system from Russia despite the threat of sanctions from the United States.On a visit to Washington, Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar said India was discussing the US concerns but declined to forecast the ultimate decision on the fate of the S-400 purchase from Russia."We would not like any state to tell us what to buy or not to buy from Russia any more than we would like any state to tell us to buy or not buy