Jaishankar appointed as the new foreign secretary by Modi’s cabinet. He appointed in place of Sujatha Singh whose term is going to end after 6 months.
The authorities said that Jaishankar, an Indian Foreign Service officer of 1977 batch, has been appointed the new foreign secretary for a period of two years.
Jaishankar was one of the key officials who negotiated the nuclear deal with the US as joint secretary (Americas) from 2004 to 2007 in the ministry of external affairs. This declaration has comeout after a day after US President Barack Obama left the country after a three-day visit during which, India and the US saw a breakthrough announcement on the stalled civil nuclear deal.
He was previously the envoy to China before moving as envoy to the US.