Arun Singh to US after PM's visit to France

March 01, 2015 13:01

India has named Arun Singh, currently its Ambassador to France, as its next top envoy to the US and has send an agrment in this regard to the American government.

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.

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