<h1>India foreign minister meets US ambassador-designate at UN to push deeper ties amid tariff and trade talks</h1> India's foreign minister met the US ambassador-designate to India on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to discuss strengthening the bilateral relationship. The meetings followed an earlier face-to-face with the US secretary of state covering a range of bilateral and international issues and stressing sustained engagement on priority areas. The encounters come amid recent US-imposed additional tariffs on India's purchases of Russian oil and ahead of talks aimed at an early conclusion of a US-India trade agreement; the Indian minister will deliver the national statement at the UN General Debate later in the week.