India Rejects NATO Chiefs Modi Called Putin For Ukraine Plan Remark, Calls It Entirely Baseless

Modi-Putin phone call: India on Friday dismissed the remarks of NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on a purported conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin as “factually incorrect and entirely baseless”, stating that no such discussion had ever taken place, while urging the NATO leadership to act with greater caution.

“We have seen the statement by Nato Secretary-General Mr Mark Rutte regarding a purported phone conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin. The statement is factually incorrect and entirely baseless. At no point has Prime Minister Modi spoken with President Putin in the manner suggested. No such conversation has taken place,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said during the weekly press briefing.

The MEA’s response came after NATO chief Mark Rutte claimed that New Delhi was in touch with Moscow, and PM Modi was asking Vladimir Putin to explain his Ukraine strategy as India was suffering due to Trump tariffs. “Delhi is on the phone with Putin, and Narendra Modi is asking him to explain his strategy on Ukraine because India is being hit with tariffs,” he told CNN.