#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 the strategy on Ukraine in view of impact of Washington’s punitive tariffs on India for its energy ties with Moscow.

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said “speculative or careless” remarks that misrepresent Modi’s engagements or suggest conversations that never occurred are “unacceptable”. PTI

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