Biden Appoints Indian-American Puneet Talwar As New US Ambassador To Morocco

Washington: United States President Joe Biden announced on Friday Indian-American Puneet Talwar for Ambassador of Morocco as part of some important nominations for his administration, a press release from the White House said.

Other nominations were Candace Bond as the Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Timmy Davis as Ambassador to the State of Qatar, Nasser Paydar as Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education and Michael Lombardo as Member of the National Council on the Arts, reported news agency ANI.

Talwar has earlier held senior national security and foreign policy positions in the State Department, White House, and the United States Senate and is currently serving as a Senior Advisor at the State Department.

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