'Factually Incorrect & Misleading': India Slams New York Times Report On HAL's Russia Link

New Delhi: Terming a report in a US-based publication about an Indian defence PSU selling imported equipment to a supplier of Russian arms agency as "factually incorrect and misleading", sources said on Monday that the report has tried to "frame issues and distort facts to suit a political narrative".

The sources said that the Indian entity mentioned in the report has scrupulously followed all its international obligations on strategic trade controls.

"We have seen a report published by The New York Times. The said report is factually incorrect and misleading. It has tried to frame issues and distort facts to suit a political narrative. The Indian entity mentioned in the report has scrupulously followed all its international obligations on strategic trade controls and end-user commitments," a source said.