External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar volition conscionable U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio successful New York connected Monday (September 22, 2025) for bilateral discussions, arsenic the high-level 80th league of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) kicks in.
This volition beryllium the archetypal face-to-face gathering betwixt Mr. Rubio and Mr. Jaishankar pursuing President Donald Trump's imposition of an further 25% tariff connected India for Delhi's purchases of Russian oil, taking the full levies imposed connected India by the Trump White House to 50%.
According to the regular docket issued by the State Department connected Sunday (September 21, 2025), Mr. Rubio volition conscionable Mr. Jaishankar successful New York City connected Monday (September 22, 2025) morning.
They had past met successful July successful Washington DC for the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting. The bilateral gathering comes connected the aforesaid time India and the U.S. volition clasp discussions towards achieving an aboriginal decision of a commercialized agreement.
A delegation led by Union Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal volition conscionable with the U.S. broadside connected Monday (September 22, 2025) successful the city. "The delegation plans to instrumentality guardant the discussions with a presumption to achieving aboriginal decision of a mutually beneficial Trade Agreement," the Ministry of Commerce and Industry had said successful a statement.
The connection added that during the past sojourn of the squad of officials from the bureau of the United States Trade Representative to India connected September 16, affirmative discussions were held connected assorted aspects of the commercialized deal, and it was decided to intensify efforts successful this regard.
Mr. Jaishankar arrived successful New York connected Sunday (September 21, 2025) for the high-level UNGA week, commencing his engagements with a bilateral gathering with the Philippines Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Theresa P. Lazaro.
Pleased to conscionable Secretary of Foreign Affairs @SecLazaro of Philippines astatine the commencement of #UNGA80 successful New York.
We followed up connected the caller State Visit of President @bongbongmarcos to India. Also discussed our practice successful the UN and the Indo-Pacific region.
"We followed up connected the caller State Visit of President @bongbongmarcos to India. Also discussed our practice successful the UN and the Indo-Pacific region,” the External Affairs Minister said connected X.
Ms. Lazaro said it was a pleasance to conscionable Mr. Jaishankar again aft President Bongbong Marcos's "successful" authorities sojourn to India successful August. "Our treatment contiguous reaffirms our 2 countries’ committedness arsenic Strategic Partners to actively make practice successful political, defence and security, the maritime domain, etc," she said.
Mr. Jaishankar volition clasp a bid of bilateral and multilateral meetings during the week connected the sidelines of the high-level UNGA league and volition present the nationalist connection astatine the General Debate connected September 27 from the iconic greenish UNGA podium.
