Arun Singh Named As Next Envoy To US

02 March, New Delhi

India has named senior Indian Foreign Service officer Arun Singh, currently its Ambassador to France, as its next top envoy to the US.

A 1979-batch IFS officer, Singh will be replacing S. Jaishankar, who was appointed as Foreign Secretary on January 28 this year. According to officials, government was looking at Mohan Kumar, Indian Ambassador to Bahrain as a possible replacement of Singh.

India has already sent an agreement to the US government naming Singh as its next Ambassador and was awaiting a response from the Obama administration.

However, officials say that the new shuffling will be only done after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to Paris in April.