New Delhi, June 2: Gaitri I Kumar, an Indian Foreign Service officer of 1986 batch, has been appointed India's next Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

She is at present India's Ambassador in Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union.

A Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) release said that Kumar is expected to take up her new assignment shortly.

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