US Ambassador to India: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday named former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as his envoy to India, with the White House expressing confidence that he would be confirmed by the United States Senate this time.
The White House, after sending the nomination to the Senate, said, “Eric M. Garcetti, of California, to be the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of India.”
A media statement said that today the White House will begin the nomination of candidates who were not confirmed by the previous Congress. “As Secretary of State (Tony) Blinken said recently, our relationship with India is important and it is consequential,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at her daily news conference.
“confirmation of Mayor Garcetti, who was voted off the committee unanimously and with strong bipartisan support, to serve as ambassador to India. And that’s important because we’re talking about bipartisanship, because we Talking about how we’re going to move forward. And that’s what you saw with his particular nomination,” she said.
“So, we view it as he is well qualified to serve in this important role, Mayor Garcetti, and we expect the full Senate to confirm him immediately. Again, he should be unanimously approved by the committee with strong bipartisan support.” kicked out, ”said Jean-Pierre.
(With inputs from PTI)
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