Arun Singh,a 1979-batch IFS officer currently Indian Ambassador to France has been appointed as its envoy to the US.
Singh will be replacing S Jaishankar, who was appointed as Foreign Secretary on January 28 this year.
Singh has been joint secretary in-charge of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan devision in MEA, has done postings in Japan, Israel among other countries. He has also served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington for nearly five years.