MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi appointed India' ambassador to UN in Geneva

October 16, 2023 21:09

External affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi was on Monday appointed India's permanent representative to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva.

Bagchi, a 1995-batch Indian Foreign Service official, took over as spokesperson of the ministry of external affairs in March 2020 and deftly handled a number of critical issues and developments including the eastern Ladakh border row, India's COVID-19 response and New Delhi's G20 presidency.

In Geneva, Bagchi would succeed Indra Mani Pandey who is set to return to New Delhi.

"Arindam Bagchi (IFS:1995), presently additional secretary in the ministry of external affairs, has been appointed as the next ambassador/permanent representative of India to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva," the MEA said in a brief statement.

"He is expected to take up the assignment shortly," it said. -- PTI

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