India News | Sunjay Sudhir Appointed India's Ambassador to UAE

New Delhi, Nov 1 (PTI) Senior diplomat Sunjay Sudhir was on Monday appointed as India's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.

Sudhir, a 1993-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service, succeeds Pawan Kapoor, who has been named India's envoy to Russia.

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Sudhir is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the Ministry of External Affairs said.

In another diplomatic reshuffle, Dinesh K Patnaik, a 1990-batch IFS officer who is presently Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, was appointed as India's next Ambassador to Spain.

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He is also expected to take up the assignment shortly, the MEA said.

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