The duo held discussions on the sidelines of U.N. General Assembly meet in New York; Minister says talks covered ‘bilateral and international issues’; Piyush Goyal is also in the U.S. this week
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in an apparent bid by both sides to repair relations ruptured by a number of U.S. actions, including the 50% tariffs on Indian goods and an increase in H-1B visa fees.
Monday’s talks at a New York hotel on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) came even as Indian and U.S. trade negotiators prepared for their next round of talks. Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal is also in the US this week.
Our conversation covered a range of bilateral and international issues of current concern. Agreed on the importance of sustained engagement to progress on priority areas.
Mr. Jaishankar and Mr. Rubio shook hands at a photo opportunity before the meeting, but avoided making any comments to the press before or after the meeting. “Our conversation covered a range of bilateral and international issues of current concern. [We] agreed on the importance of sustained engagement to progress on priority areas. We will remain in touch,” Mr. Jaishankar said in a social media post.
In a post on X, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “We discussed key areas of our bilateral relationship, including trade, energy, pharmaceuticals, and critical minerals and more to generate prosperity for India and the United States.”
A statement by the U.S. Department of State said that Mr. Rubio and Mr. Jaishankar “agreed the United States and India will continue working together to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific region, including through the Quad”.
Met with Indian External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar at UNGA. We discussed key areas of our bilateral relationship, including trade, energy, pharmaceuticals, and critical minerals and more to generate prosperity for India and the United States. pic.twitter.com/5dZJAd85Za
U.S. President Donald Trump will address the UNGA on Tuesday (September 23, 2025), while Mr. Jaishankar will address the Assembly on September 27.
Mr. Jaishankar is on his fifth official visit to the U.S. in the past nine months, and is expected to travel to Washington next. During his last official visit, Mr. Jaishankar and Mr. Rubio had held the Quad Foreign Minister’s Meeting along with their counterparts from Australia and Japan. No date has yet been announced for the Quad summit, which would bring Mr. Trump and other Quad leaders to Delhi for the meeting, due to be held in November. The Rubio-Jaishankar meet on Monday was expected to discuss that.
The Foreign Minister’s Meeting in New York came days after Mr. Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke over the telephone and agreed to resume India-U.S. trade talks that the U.S. pulled out of in August, sparking hopes of a larger rapprochement between the two countries.
However, in the past week, the U.S. has also passed more punitive actions, such as cancelling a waiver for India’s Chabahar port project in Iran, visa revocations for Indian corporate executives for alleged involvement in the fentanyl illegal drug trade, as well as imposing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications, a large number of which come from Indian tech firms or for Indian professionals. The Ministry of External Affairs had warned of “humanitarian consequences” of the decision, and hoped the U.S. government would address the “disruptions” caused.
On Saturday, Mr. Trump also repeated his claim that he had brought the India-Pakistan conflict to an end, another cause of a strain in India-U.S. relations as India has denied the claim on a number of occasions. “With India, I said, we are not going to do any trade if you’re going to fight. And they have nuclear weapons… and they stopped,” Mr. Trump said, speaking about his efforts to ensure a ceasefire to Operation Sindoor on May 10. According to U.S. media reports, Mr. Trump is expected to repeat claims on “stopping wars”, including conflicts such as India-Pakistan, Egypt-Ethiopia, Rwanda-Congo, Thailand-Cambodia, Israel-Iran, and Azerbaijan-Armenia during his UNGA address.
Jaishankar, Rubio meet amid trade, visa tensions
The duo held discussions on the sidelines of U.N. General Assembly meet in New York; Minister says talks covered ‘bilateral and international issues’; Piyush Goyal is also in the U.S. this week
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in an apparent bid by both sides to repair relations ruptured by a number of U.S. actions, including the 50% tariffs on Indian goods and an increase in H-1B visa fees.
Monday’s talks at a New York hotel on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) came even as Indian and U.S. trade negotiators prepared for their next round of talks. Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal is also in the US this week.
Our conversation covered a range of bilateral and international issues of current concern. Agreed on the importance of sustained engagement to progress on priority areas.
Mr. Jaishankar and Mr. Rubio shook hands at a photo opportunity before the meeting, but avoided making any comments to the press before or after the meeting. “Our conversation covered a range of bilateral and international issues of current concern. [We] agreed on the importance of sustained engagement to progress on priority areas. We will remain in touch,” Mr. Jaishankar said in a social media post.
In a post on X, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “We discussed key areas of our bilateral relationship, including trade, energy, pharmaceuticals, and critical minerals and more to generate prosperity for India and the United States.”
A statement by the U.S. Department of State said that Mr. Rubio and Mr. Jaishankar “agreed the United States and India will continue working together to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific region, including through the Quad”.
Met with Indian External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar at UNGA. We discussed key areas of our bilateral relationship, including trade, energy, pharmaceuticals, and critical minerals and more to generate prosperity for India and the United States. pic.twitter.com/5dZJAd85Za
U.S. President Donald Trump will address the UNGA on Tuesday (September 23, 2025), while Mr. Jaishankar will address the Assembly on September 27.
Mr. Jaishankar is on his fifth official visit to the U.S. in the past nine months, and is expected to travel to Washington next. During his last official visit, Mr. Jaishankar and Mr. Rubio had held the Quad Foreign Minister’s Meeting along with their counterparts from Australia and Japan. No date has yet been announced for the Quad summit, which would bring Mr. Trump and other Quad leaders to Delhi for the meeting, due to be held in November. The Rubio-Jaishankar meet on Monday was expected to discuss that.
The Foreign Minister’s Meeting in New York came days after Mr. Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke over the telephone and agreed to resume India-U.S. trade talks that the U.S. pulled out of in August, sparking hopes of a larger rapprochement between the two countries.
However, in the past week, the U.S. has also passed more punitive actions, such as cancelling a waiver for India’s Chabahar port project in Iran, visa revocations for Indian corporate executives for alleged involvement in the fentanyl illegal drug trade, as well as imposing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications, a large number of which come from Indian tech firms or for Indian professionals. The Ministry of External Affairs had warned of “humanitarian consequences” of the decision, and hoped the U.S. government would address the “disruptions” caused.
On Saturday, Mr. Trump also repeated his claim that he had brought the India-Pakistan conflict to an end, another cause of a strain in India-U.S. relations as India has denied the claim on a number of occasions. “With India, I said, we are not going to do any trade if you’re going to fight. And they have nuclear weapons… and they stopped,” Mr. Trump said, speaking about his efforts to ensure a ceasefire to Operation Sindoor on May 10. According to U.S. media reports, Mr. Trump is expected to repeat claims on “stopping wars”, including conflicts such as India-Pakistan, Egypt-Ethiopia, Rwanda-Congo, Thailand-Cambodia, Israel-Iran, and Azerbaijan-Armenia during his UNGA address.
The duo held discussions on the sidelines of U.N. General Assembly meet in New York; Minister says talks covered ‘bilateral and international issues’; Piyush Goyal is also in the U.S. this week
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in an apparent bid by both sides to repair relations ruptured by a number of U.S. actions, including the 50% tariffs on Indian goods and an increase in H-1B visa fees.
Monday’s talks at a New York hotel on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) came even as Indian and U.S. trade negotiators prepared for their next round of talks. Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal is also in the US this week.
Our conversation covered a range of bilateral and international issues of current concern. Agreed on the importance of sustained engagement to progress on priority areas.
Mr. Jaishankar and Mr. Rubio shook hands at a photo opportunity before the meeting, but avoided making any comments to the press before or after the meeting. “Our conversation covered a range of bilateral and international issues of current concern. [We] agreed on the importance of sustained engagement to progress on priority areas. We will remain in touch,” Mr. Jaishankar said in a social media post.
In a post on X, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “We discussed key areas of our bilateral relationship, including trade, energy, pharmaceuticals, and critical minerals and more to generate prosperity for India and the United States.”
A statement by the U.S. Department of State said that Mr. Rubio and Mr. Jaishankar “agreed the United States and India will continue working together to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific region, including through the Quad”.
Met with Indian External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar at UNGA. We discussed key areas of our bilateral relationship, including trade, energy, pharmaceuticals, and critical minerals and more to generate prosperity for India and the United States. pic.twitter.com/5dZJAd85Za
U.S. President Donald Trump will address the UNGA on Tuesday (September 23, 2025), while Mr. Jaishankar will address the Assembly on September 27.
Mr. Jaishankar is on his fifth official visit to the U.S. in the past nine months, and is expected to travel to Washington next. During his last official visit, Mr. Jaishankar and Mr. Rubio had held the Quad Foreign Minister’s Meeting along with their counterparts from Australia and Japan. No date has yet been announced for the Quad summit, which would bring Mr. Trump and other Quad leaders to Delhi for the meeting, due to be held in November. The Rubio-Jaishankar meet on Monday was expected to discuss that.
The Foreign Minister’s Meeting in New York came days after Mr. Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke over the telephone and agreed to resume India-U.S. trade talks that the U.S. pulled out of in August, sparking hopes of a larger rapprochement between the two countries.
However, in the past week, the U.S. has also passed more punitive actions, such as cancelling a waiver for India’s Chabahar port project in Iran, visa revocations for Indian corporate executives for alleged involvement in the fentanyl illegal drug trade, as well as imposing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications, a large number of which come from Indian tech firms or for Indian professionals. The Ministry of External Affairs had warned of “humanitarian consequences” of the decision, and hoped the U.S. government would address the “disruptions” caused.
On Saturday, Mr. Trump also repeated his claim that he had brought the India-Pakistan conflict to an end, another cause of a strain in India-U.S. relations as India has denied the claim on a number of occasions. “With India, I said, we are not going to do any trade if you’re going to fight. And they have nuclear weapons… and they stopped,” Mr. Trump said, speaking about his efforts to ensure a ceasefire to Operation Sindoor on May 10. According to U.S. media reports, Mr. Trump is expected to repeat claims on “stopping wars”, including conflicts such as India-Pakistan, Egypt-Ethiopia, Rwanda-Congo, Thailand-Cambodia, Israel-Iran, and Azerbaijan-Armenia during his UNGA address.
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