Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said he and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed at a meeting in New York on Monday on the importance of sustained engagement to make progress in priority areas.
The meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly came after US President Donald Trump's move to impose a $100,000 fee for new H-1B visas, the latest blow to US-India ties, which the two sides have sought to develop given shared concerns about China. Posting on X, Jaishankar said he and Rubio discussed bilateral and international issues of concern and added they "Agreed on the importance of sustained engagement to progress on priority areas".
Monday's was the first meeting between Rubio and Jaishankar since Trump imposed extra tariffs on India over its purchases of Russian oil. They last met in July at a meeting of the Quad grouping, which brings them together with Japan and Australia.
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