Jaishankar meets Iranian, Russian Foreign Ministers on UNGA margins
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with the Russian and Iranian foreign ministers during the UN General Assembly session in New York.
The Hindu BusinessLine
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- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met the Russian and Iranian foreign ministers on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York, covering bilateral and regional issues according to The Hindu and The Hindu BusinessLine.
- The back-to-back engagements underscore India's approach of keeping working relationships with both Moscow and Tehran, even as Western sanctions pressure on those governments persists.
- Neither report specifies which regional or bilateral topics were raised, and Indian coverage was factual and neutral, with no competing narratives or disputed accounts.
- For a reader arriving late: this is routine but strategically significant summit-margin diplomacy rather than a breakthrough announcement.
- It matters for India's energy sourcing, regional connectivity interests, and its positioning as a power that maintains channels to all sides.
- The UNGA setting suggests exploratory, relationship-maintaining talks rather than outcome-driven negotiations.
- What comes next depends on official readouts and whether the contacts convert into follow-up visits or agreements.
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S. Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister
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“A good meeting with FM Sergey Lavrov of Russia today #UNGA81. Exchanged views on a number of ongoing issues. Also took stock of our bilateral and BRICS cooperation”
In the article
…from bilateral issues, cooperation in the BRICS grouping and the Gulf conflict. Mr. Jaishankar met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and discussed bilateral issues as well as cooperation in the BRICS grouping. “ A good meeting with FM Sergey Lavrov of Russia today #UNGA81. Exchanged views on a number of ongoing issues. Also took stock of our bilateral and BRICS cooperation ,” Jaishankar said, referring to the grouping of Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. India had earlier this month hosted the BRICS…
“Appreciate the conversation with FM @araghchi of Iran at the @UN #UNGA81. We discussed the latest developments with regard to the Gulf conflict. Will continue to be in touch”
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…coordination at the UN, in the G20, BRICS, and other international groupings. Mr. Jaishankar also met Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on the margins of the high-level UNGA session in New York Friday. “ Appreciate the conversation with FM @araghchi of Iran at the @UN #UNGA81. We discussed the latest developments with regard to the Gulf conflict. Will continue to be in touch ,” he said. Last week, Mr. Trump signed the ‘Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026’, which authorises and expands statutory sanctions, tariffs, and prohibitions on Russia and extends existing…
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- India–Russia diplomatic relationsbilateral engagement reinforceddays
- India–Iran diplomatic relationsbilateral engagement reinforceddays
- India's regional diplomacyregional coordination discussedweeks
- India–US relationsincreased sanctions scrutiny riskweeks
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