Nilima Mitra, Ashok Kantha new envoys to Colombia, Malaysia

New Delhi, Nov 14 (UNI) Mrs Nilima Mitra, currently Ambassador to Colombia, has been appointed envoy to Portugal while Mr Ashok Kantha, Joint Secretary in the External Affairs Ministry, will be High Commissioner to Malaysia.

Mrs Mitra will succeed Ms Vijaya Latha Reddy and Mr Kantha will take over from Mr R L Narayan, an External Affairs Ministry spokesman said here today.

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