NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte claimed that the tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on India over Russian oil imports are having a major impact on Moscow.

The NATO chief claimed that, amid 50 per cent tariffs on India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had reached out to Russian President Vladimir Putin to seek clarity on his Ukraine strategy.

“This (tariff) immediately impacts Russia because that means Delhi is now on the phone with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, and Narendra Modi is asking him, ‘I support you, but could you explain to me your strategy because I have now been hit by these 50% tariffs by the United States’,” said Rutte speaking to CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly summit in New York.

Last month, Trump announced a punitive 2

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