Washington, July 09: The new US Ambassador to India, Timothy Roemer, is expected to arrive in New Delhi sometime next week, at least a few days ahead of the visit of the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.
The nomination of Roemer, 53, was confirmed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday. It now goes to the Senate floor, which is expected to formally confirm the nomination as early as this week.
While no date of Clinton’s trip to India has been announced yet, officials in the State Department said the idea is to have Roemer present in New Delhi when the Secretary of State visits the country in about 10 days from now.
A former Congressman from Indiana, Roemer had testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.
–Agencies