New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Mayank Joshi, presently High Commissioner of India to Jamaica, has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, with residence in Kingston.

Mayank Joshi is an Indian Foreign Service officer of batch 2003.

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"Shri Mayank Joshi (IFS: 2003), presently High Commissioner of India to Jamaica, has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, with residence in Kingston," the MEA said in an official release.

He is expected to take up the assignment shortly. (ANI)

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