United States appoints Elizabeth Jones to serve as Chargé d’Affaires at US Embassy in New Delhi

The United States has appointed Elizabeth Jones to serve as Chargé d’Affaires in New Delhi. According to a media note issued by US State Department yesterday, Jones recently served as the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts.

She previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East, and Ambassador to



Kazakhstan.  

Ambassador Jones carries the highest Foreign Service rank of a Career Ambassador.

In India, she will join US Embassy and Consulate interagency teams in advancing and expanding the partnership between governments and people, a partnership that Secretary Blinken has called one of the most consequential in the world.