India, Sept. 22 -- External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York.

In a post on X, Jaishankar said that their conversation covered a range of bilateral and international issues of "current concern".

"Good to meet Secretary Rubio this morning in New York," Jaishankar wrote on X. "Our conversation covered a range of bilateral and international issues of current concern. Agreed on the importance of sustained engagement to progress on priority areas. We will remain in touch."

The meeting between the two ministers comes on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly.

It is the first face-to-face interaction between them following President Donald Trump's imposition of an ...