印度总理莫迪免去最高外交官史瓦拉吉的职务，并任命印度常驻联合国代表苏杰生接任。一天前，美国总统奥巴马对印度进行了一次成功的访问。
星期四，苏杰生就任印度外交国务秘书。
印度媒体报道说，苏杰生改善了印美两国关系，包括安排莫迪于去年9月访问华盛顿。此次任命是对他的褒奖。
2013年12月，印度驻纽约副总领事柯布拉加德因被指伪造签证而遭逮捕，此后美印关系出现倒退。柯布拉加德去年1月离开美国，目前在新德里就职。
苏杰生曾担任印度驻华大使和驻新加坡大使。
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fired the country's highest ranking diplomat and replaced her with India's ambassador to the United States, a day after a successful visit to India by U.S. President Barack Obama.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar took over as India's foreign secretary Thursday.
Indian media reported that the appointment was Jaishankar's reward for turning around India's ties with Washington, including organizing Mr. Modi's visit to Washington in September.
India-U.S. ties suffered a set-back after New Delhi's deputy consul general in New York, Devyanai Khobragade, was arrested in December 2013 on visa fraud charges. She left the United States in January last year and now works in New Delhi.
Jaishankar has previously served as India's ambassador to China and Singapore.
