New York [US] September 22 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is scheduled to meet with United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly ( UNGA ) session.

The meeting is set to be held at 11 am EST (8:30 PM IST) on Monday as per the schedule of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio released by the US State Department.

The meeting is part of a continuing effort to strengthen India-US ties, which had come under strain in recent months but have since shown signs of recovery.

The two leaders last met in Washington in July for the 10th Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting and had also held discussions earlier in January this year. However, the upcoming bilateral meeting will be their first face-to-face interactio

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