FILE PHOTO: A view shows oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk, in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia July 14, 2025. India has taken advantage of discounts on Russian output to become the largest buyer of Russian seaborne crude since Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. - Reuters
NEW DELHI: India rejected as "incorrect and baseless" remarks by NATO's chief that suggested Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was contacting Russian President Vladimir Putin over the impact of punitive US tariffs on its purchases of Russian oil.
India's foreign ministry called the remarks speculative and said on Friday (Sept 26) there was no such conversation.
