蘇傑生就任外交國務祕書大綱

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fired the country's highest ranking diplomat and replaced her with India's ambassador to the United States, a day after a successful visit to India by U.S. President Barack Obama.

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar took over as India's foreign secretary Thursday.

Indian media reported that the appointment was Jaishankar's reward for turning around India's ties with Washington, including organizing Mr. Modi's visit to Washington in September.

India-U.S. ties suffered a set-back after New Delhi's deputy consul general in New York, Devyanai Khobragade, was arrested in December 2013 on visa fraud charges. She left the United States in January last year and now works in New Delhi.

Jaishankar has previously served as India's ambassador to China and Singapore.印度總理莫迪免去最高外交官史瓦拉吉的職務，並任命印度常駐聯合國代表蘇傑生接任。一天前，美國總統奧巴馬對印度進行了一次成功的訪問。

星期四，蘇傑生就任印度外交國務祕書。

印度媒體報道說，蘇傑生改善了印美兩國關係，包括安排莫迪於去年9月訪問華盛頓。此次任命是對他的褒獎。

2013年12月，印度駐紐約副總領事柯布拉加德因被指僞造簽證而遭逮捕，此後美印關係出現倒退。柯布拉加德去年1月離開美國，目前在新德里就職。

蘇傑生曾擔任印度駐華大使和駐新加坡大使。