After 4-year gap, nomination made for top US diplomat for South Asia
Sat, Apr 24 2021 08:47:52 AM
By Arul Louis
New York, Apr 24 (IANS): After a gap of four years, the US State Department is to get an Assistant Secretary of State for the South Asia region if President Joe Biden's nomination of Donald Lu goes through the Senate.
During the four years of Donald Trump's presidency the job of the top US diplomat for South and Central Asia went vacant and was managed by two successive diplomats in acting capacities.
The White House on Friday announced the nomination of Lu, the US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, to the post.