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Sen’s tenure: U.S. pleased with decision

He is a great friend of our country: Burns

Washington: The United States has said it was “very pleased” with India’s reported decision to extend the tenure of its Ambassador Ronen Sen as it would help bilateral ties to continue in a “positive direction.”

“He [Sen] is a great friend of our country and we are so pleased,” Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns told PTI after a meeting at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Calling Mr. Sen a “great friend” of the U.S., the senior State department official said the envoy “has done a magnificent job.

He has the full trust of the U.S. government.

“He is a great friend of ours and we are very pleased he is staying,” Mr. Burns said.

“I think it means that the positive direction that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Bush have given is going to continue,” Mr. Burns said. Mr. Sen is understood to have been asked to continue in Washington as the Government of India is apparently not keen on replacing him at this moment considering the fact that the India-U.S. nuclear deal is at a crucial stage. — PTI

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