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Jaishankar raises SRIA concerns with Rubio at UN
The Hindu··2d ago
S. Jaishankar told Marco Rubio in New York on Wednesday that India has concerns over the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act signed last week. The law authorises up to 100 percent tariffs on major Russian oil buyers. Jaishankar posted on X about Gulf and Ukraine talks. India says Russian Ural crude is 51 percent of imports.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Higher US tariffs on Indian exports remain possible if Washington invokes the new statutory powers.
- Energy security planning may weigh diversified procurement as Delhi assesses the one-month implementation window.
- Trade negotiators face added pressure while India and the US discuss a bilateral trade agreement.
What's Happening
- Rubio's social post highlighted strategic partnership coordination without addressing SRIA directly.
- Jaishankar leads India's UNGA delegation and is due to address the General Assembly on Saturday.
- Foreign secretary Vikram Misri is expected to meet US counterpart Allison Hooker on Thursday in New York.
What the sanctions law authorises
- SRIA expands US sanctions on Russia and adds trade measures against specified Russian energy purchases.
- India, China, Azerbaijan, Slovakia and Hungary are named among countries implicated by the oil-buyer provision.
- The MEA said implications for bilateral ties and global energy markets were articulated to US interlocutors.
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