India names new envoy to Thailand
Thursday - October 11, 2018 4:42 pm ,
Category : INDIA
New Delhi Oct 11 (IANS) India on Thursday named Suchitra Durai a 1988 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer as its next Ambassador to Thailand.
Durai who is currently India s High Commissioner to Kenya is expected to take up her new assignment shortly according to a statement issued by the External Affairs Ministry.
The appointment assumes significance as Thailand in July took over the role of India s country coordinator with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) regional bloc.
--IANS ab/mag/bg
