India on Friday strongly rejected NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte’s recent remark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the issue of tariffs imposed by the United States, saying that the comment is “factually incorrect” and “entirely baseless”.

Rejecting NATO chief Mark Rutte’s claim on PM Modi-Putin phone call, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said no such discussion had ever taken place and urged NATO leadership to act with greater caution.

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India slammed the remarks after Rutte suggested that PM Modi had sought clarifications from Putin on Russia’s war strategy in the wake of US tariff actions.

Addressing his weekly media briefing in New Delhi, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “We have seen the statement by NA

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