New Delhi [India], August 29 : Mayank Joshi has been appointed as India's next High Commissioner to Jamaica, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday.
According to MEA, Joshi is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 2003 batch. Presently, the diplomat is serving as Deputy Chief of Mission in India's Embassy in Tokyo. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
The MEA in the press release said, "Mayank Joshi (IFS:2003), presently Deputy Chief of Mission in the Embassy of India, Tokyo has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Jamaica."
According to the MEA statement, India and Jamaica have traditionally enjoyed cordial and friendly relations based on common linkages of history, parliamentary democracy, membership in the Commonwealth, English language and the love of cricket.
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