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New High Commissioner to Sri Lanka

New Delhi June 14. Nirupam Sen, Ambassador to Norway, was today appointed as the next High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, succeeding Gopalkrishna Gandhi, it was officially announced.

Mr. Gandhi will swap places with Mr. Sen. The two envoys are expected to take up their new assignments shortly.

B.R.Muthu Kumar, India's Ambassador to Belarus, has been concurrently accredited as the next envoy to the Republic of Lithuania, succeeding Madhu Bhaduri, in Minsk.

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