New Delhi, Sep 12 (PTI) Senior diplomat Sibi George was on Monday appointed as the next Indian ambassador to Japan.

George, a 1993-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently the Ambassador of India to Kuwait. He will replace Sanjay Kumar Verma as India's envoy to Japan.

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George has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Japan and is expected to take up the assignment shortly, a Ministry of External Affairs statement said.

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