Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will meet US Secretary Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the UNGA session in New York in the present day.
The assembly is scheduled at 11 AM (US time, 21 September) which suggests 8.30 PM Indian time in the present day, in response to a public schedule launched by the US Division of State.
This would be the third face-to-face assembly between Jaishankar and Rubio this yr. The final assembly between the 2 was on July 1 on the sidelines of Quad Overseas Ministers’ Assembly in Washington, DC. Earlier than that, Jaishankar met his American counterpart, simply days after he assumed workplace, whereas collaborating within the Quad Overseas Ministers’ assembly in Washington in January.
Right now’s assembly is, nevertheless, first in-person assembly between the 2 leaders since tensions between India and america rose in July over commerce tariffs and India’s buy of Russian oil and for the reason that 50 per cent US tariffs on Indian items took off on August 27.
The assembly coincides with the continuing India-US commerce talks that are presently underway in Washington. Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal can also be within the US main the discussions which resumed after Donald Trump introduced that his group was persevering with commerce negotiations with India.
Earlier this month, Donald Trump mentioned he was optimistic about concluding a commerce settlement with India. In response, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned the commerce negotiations would pave the best way for “unlocking the limitless potential of the India-US partnership”
H-1B visa payment hike of $100,000
Jaishankar’s discussions with Rubio would deal with commerce negotiations and the Trump administration’s latest choice to lift H-1B visa charges, in response to experiences.
White Home on September 20 clarified that the $100,000 payment is just not a annual cost and will not apply to current holders of legitimate visas re-entering the nation
“That is NOT an annual payment. It’s a one-time payment that applies solely to the petition.” And, goes on so as to add that present H-1B visa holders who’re presently exterior of the nation proper now is not going to be charged $100,000 to re-enter america,” White Home spokesperson Karoline Leavitt mentioned.
Donald Trump’s shock H-1B visa payment hike of $100,000 (~ ₹90 lakh) on Saturday triggered a wave of panic – leaving tech giants together with Meta, Microsoft on the edge.
This yr’s UNGA session coincides with a number of thematic occasions, together with a commemoration of the UN’s eightieth anniversary, a Local weather Ambition Summit convened by Secretary-Normal Antonio Guterres, and a high-level assembly marking 30 years of the Beijing Declaration on ladies’s rights.
