NEW DELHI: The ministry of exterior affairs (MEA) on Friday hit out at Nato chief Mark Rutte over his latest comment claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi known as Russian president Vladimir Putin after the US tariff transfer. In a strongly-worded reply, the MEA termed the comment “factually incorrect” and “fully baseless”.MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal clearly said that “at no level has PM Modi spoken to Putin within the method steered.” He stated that “we count on chief of such such huge organisation to train larger accountability”. “These are speculative and careless remarks,” he stated.Earlier, Nato chief Mark Rutte backed US President Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs on India saying that the measures have already had an influence on the battle in Ukraine. He claimed that PM Modi dialled Putin after Trump’s motion and requested him about Ukraine plan. Talking on the sidelines of the United Nations Common Meeting, Rutte was requested whether or not Trump would truly impose sanctions, given his historical past of rolling deadlines. “He already did. We’ve got seen not the massive ones, the massive one on India,” Rutte stated. “Sure, however I’m speaking about on Russia. Yeah, however this, this instantly impacts Russia as a result of that implies that Delhi is now on the cellphone with Vladimir, Vladimir with Putin in Moscow and Narendra Modi asking, hey, I assist you, however once more, may you clarify to me this technique? As a result of I’ve now been hit by, by these 50% tariffs by the US. So President Trump is implementing what he says, however in fact, we aren’t blissful that thus far we’ve not been ready collectively to finish the battle. However and he’s engaged on it,” he added.