Overview

• Freshly Senate-confirmed, Sergio Gor is on a six-day familiarisation trip and will not present credentials during this visit.
• Gor met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval to discuss defence, trade, technology and critical minerals.
• The US tariff package doubling duties on key Indian exports to 50%, including a 25% levy tied to Russian crude purchases, remains the central point of friction.
• Both capitals have restarted trade negotiations after a brief pause, with recent Modi–Trump phone calls cited as restoring momentum for a narrower, near-term trade outcome, according to reporting.
• A close confidant of President Donald Trump and concurrently Special Envoy for South and Central Asia, Gor is being positioned to drive the diplomatic push and presented Modi a Trump-signed photograph highlighting leader-level rapport.