India, Sept. 22 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will meet United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York today.

The high-level meeting, which will take place on the sidelines of the session of United Nations General Assembly, is an effort to advance the recent improvement in India US ties, people aware of the matter said.

They further stated that meeting would be a continuation in the efforts to improve relations between the two countries and bridge divides which propped up in recent months.

Rubio and Jaishankar last met in Washington in early July, and in January earlier this year.

However, this meeting would be the first in-person one between the two leaders, since the ties between India and US faced tensions ove...