Report: Ayya
Carrier diplomat Kamlesh Sharma has been chosen as the new Commonwealth Secretary General.Kamalesh Sharma, currently India's high commissioner in Britain and a former ambassador to the United Nations replaces New Zealander McKinnon who is stepping down next year after the end of his second four-year term, the maximum allowed.
Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid has sent a message congratulating Sharma on his appointment. In his message Minister Shahid said Sharma’s appointment as the Commonwealth Secretary General was an honor both for Maldives and for Asian countries of commonwealth. Minister Shahid further expressed his confidence that under Sharma’s leadership, Small Island nations of commonwealth would receive more attention and expressed hope that commonwealth would continue the ongoing support for the President Gayoom’s reform agenda.
Sharma, 67, is the first Secretary General from an Asian Commonwealth country in more than 40 years and comes as India, prepares to host the next Commonwealth Games in 2010.
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