India, Sept. 23 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly and raised India's "interests and concerns" regarding the Russia sanctions bill.

Jaishankar said in a post on X that the two also discussed the situations in the Gulf and Ukraine.

Good to meet @SecRubio of the US during #UNHighLevelWeek. Reiterated India's interests and concerns with regard to SRIA. Also discussed the Gulf and Ukraine situations," he said.

The meeting comes days after US President Donald Trump signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act into law, giving him expanded authority to impose tariffs of up to 100% on imports from the top five buyers of Russian oil and gas...