Confident MEA will achieve greater heights with Shringla as Foreign Secy: Jaishankar
New Delhi/UNI: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Wednesday welcomed Harsh Vardhan Shringla as the country's new Foreign Secretary and exuded confidence that his experience would help the Ministry achieve greater milestones.
"Welcomed Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla after he assumed charge today," Dr Jaishankar tweeted.
"Confident that his (Shringla's) warm personality and enormous experience would help take Team MEA to greater heights," he wrote.
Shringla succeeds Vijay Gokhale, who retired on Tuesday.
Incidentally, Dr Jaishankar was Mr Vijay Gokhale's immediate predecessor as the Foreign Secretary. Dr Jaishankar held the post between January 28, 2016 and January 28, 2018. He joined the union cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi last May and became the second foreign service officer to become External Affairs Minister after Natwar Singh.
Shringla till recently served as India's envoy to the United States.
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