Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte has drawn attention with his remarks that have been branded "factually incorrect and entirely baseless" by India. Is Rutte following his "daddy" Donald Trump in making baseless extravagant claims? The US President's claims on bringing about the ceasefire between India and Pakistan in May had been rejected by the Indian government. Rutte is the chief of Nato, a military bloc that has the US as its key member and has been facing pressure from Trump.

Rutte suggested that US President Donald Trump's tariffs on India over Russian oil purchases had a "big impact" on Moscow. He also claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to "explain his strategy" on Ukraine following Trump's tariffs—which the Indian government de

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