New Indian envoy arrives in US amid row over diplomat's arrest
December 24, 2013  00:53
S Jaishankar, the new Indian Ambassador to the US, arrived in Washington today to take charge amid a raging diplomatic row over the arrest and strip-search of senior diplomat Devyani Khobragade on visa fraud charges.

He is to take charge at a time when officials from both countries have intensified efforts to find an amicable resolution of the issue of Khobragade's arrest. Jaishankar, who till recently was India's ambassador to China, arrived in Washington this afternoon from New York where he flew in from New Delhi.

While he would formally present his credentials to US President Barack Obama at the White House in the new year, Jaishankar is expected to present his credentials to the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal at the State Department soon.
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