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Minor reshuffle in MEA

By Our Diplomatic Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JUNE 29. In a minor reshuffle, Navtej Sarna, currently Joint Secretary (External Publicity) and official spokesman in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed Joint Secretary (Disarmament). Dilip Sinha, till recently India's Deputy High Commissioner to Bangladesh, will replace Mr. Sarna.

In other changes, Sujata Mehta, presently Joint Secretary (United States & Canada), will be moving shortly to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to replace P.S. Raghavan as Joint Secretary.

S. Jaishankar, till recently India's Ambassador to the Czech Republic, will replace Ms. Mehta as Joint Secretary (USC) while Mr. Raghavan takes over as India's new envoy to the Czech Republic.

Mr. Sarna has been Joint Secretary (External Publicity) for nearly two years and has dealt with sensitive negotiations on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in Geneva between 1994-1997 as Counsellor (Disarmament).

Dr. Jaishankar has previously worked as Deputy Chief of Mission in Tokyo and Press Secretary to the President while Mr. Dilip Sinha has been posted to Brazil, Geneva and Pakistan apart from a stint in the PMO.

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