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New Indian envoys for South Korea, Oman named
New Delhi, March 27
In a string of ambassadorial appointments, the government has named new envoys for South Korea, the Netherlands, Peru and Oman.
Vikram
Doraiswami, an Indian Foreign Service officer of 1992 batch, and at
present ambassador to Uzbekistan, has been appointed the next envoy to
Seoul.
Sandeep Chakravorty, an IFS officer of 1996 batch and
currently deputy high commissioner in Dhaka, has been appointed the
envoy to Peru.
J.S. Mukul (IFS: 1981), the ambassador to Oman,
has been appointed the next envoy to the Netherlands and will be
succeeded by Indra Mani Pandey (IFS: 1990), currently the deputy chief
of mission in Paris.
All are expected to take up their assignments shortly, the government announced in press statements.
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