New Indian envoy calls on FM

[August 31, 2004 - 7.00 GMT]

The new Indian High Commissioner designate to Sri Lanka, Ms. Nirupama Rao, paid her first official call on Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar yesterday at his Ministry Office.

From 1981 to 1983 Ms.Rao served as First Secretary in the Indian Mission in Colombo and she was also the first lady officer to hold that post. An Indian career diplomat since 1973 Ms. Rao has served in missions in Austria, the USA, Russia and as Ambassador to Peru.

She was the first woman officer in India to hold the post of official spokesperson of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Last Updated Date: August 31, 2004  - 7.00 GMT.

 


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