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Arun Singh appointed as new Indian Ambassador to US
Posted on: 02/Mar/2015 11:00:47 AM
S Jaishankar who was earlier ambassador to US was appointed as Foreign Secretary on January 28 this year. Now the Government has appointed Arun Singh, currently its Ambassador to France, as its next top envoy to the US and has send an agreement in this regard to the American government.
According to officials, government was looking at Mohan Kumar, Indian Ambassador to Bahrain as a possible replacement of Singh.
However, officials say that the new shuffling will be only done after Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s proposed visit to Paris in April. Modi is likely to travel to Canada in April on a bilateral visit and is expected to make a stop-over in Germany while going and in Paris on return.
