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Entirely Baseless: India On NATO Chief's Claims That Modi Asked For Ukraine Plan From Putin

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal called the NATO Chief's claims speculative and careless.

New Delhi: India on Friday described as "entirely baseless" NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte's remarks that Prime Minister Narendra Modi dialled Russian President Vladimir Putin and asked for Moscow's strategy on Ukraine in view of the impact of Washington's punitive tariffs on India.

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said "speculative or careless" remarks that misrepresent Modi's engagements or suggest conversations that never occurred are "unacceptable".

Rutte told CNN on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York that US P

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