Anurag Srivastava, Indian Foreign Service (IFS) will replace Raveesh Kumar as the spokesperson of Ministery of External Affairs (MEA).
Srivastava is currently the Indian ambassador to Ethiopia and African Union. Anurag Srivastava is from Indian Foreign Service (IFS) batch 1999.
Meanwhile, Kumar is expected to be India’s new ambassador to Croatia.
Formal announcement of his succession is expected to be made soon.
More details awaited.
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