New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- The Ministry of External Affairs' fact-check unit has dismissed as fake a viral letter purportedly written by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to the French Embassy regarding the Rafale deal. The unit clarified that the alleged communication alleging that information on Rafale deliveries had been leaked is entirely fabricated.

In a post on X on Thursday, the MEA fact-check unit released an image, which shows that the "fake" letter was circulated by an X account named Discourse Lab, which alleged that "Jaishankar's letter to France confirms one thing: the Rafale controversy is far from over. New Delhi is struggling to contain the fallout of leaked communications."

The MEA dismissed the circulating letter as "f...