EAM Jaishankar raises India’s concerns over Russia oil tariff law with US Secretary of State

United Nations, Sep 23 External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar raised India’s concerns over the recent legislation to impose a 100 per cent tariff on buyers of Russian oil with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York on Wednesday. EAM Jaishankar wrote on X after their meeting that he “reiterated India’s interests and concerns with regard to SRIA”, the Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act. If enforced, the tariff would impact India’s exports to the US and come in the way of the trade agreement being negotiated by the two countries. After the legislation, named after the late…