"Entirely Baseless": India Rejects NATO Chief's Claim On PM-Putin Discussion

Rubbishing NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte's claim that, after US President Donald Trump imposed a penalty on India for buying Russian oil, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to "explain his strategy" on Ukraine, the Ministry of External Affairs has termed it "entirely baseless".

In a statement on Friday, the ministry also said it expects the leadership of NATO to be more responsible while making such statements and emphasised that speculative remarks about "conversations that never occurred" are "unacceptable".