Mukul Arya, India’s representative at Ramallah, passes away; EAM expresses condolences

India

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New
Delhi,
Mar
06:
Mukul
Arya,
India’s
consultant
at
the
Palestinian
metropolis
of
Ramallah,
has
handed
away,
in accordance
to
Exterior
Affairs
Minister
S
Jaishankar
on
Sunday.

“Deeply
shocked
to
study
about
the
passing
away
of
India’s
Consultant
at
Ramallah,
Shri
Mukul
Arya,”
Jaishankar
tweeted.
“He
was
a
vivid
and
proficient
officer
with
so
a lot
earlier than
him.
My
coronary heart
goes
out
to
his
household
and
beloved
ones.
Om
Shanti,”
he
mentioned.

It
was
not
instantly
recognized
how
Arya,
a
2008-batch
Indian
Overseas
Service
officer,
died.

The
Palestinian
international
ministry
mentioned
it
obtained
with
“nice
astonishment
and
shock”
the
information
of
the
loss of life
of
Ambassador
Arya.

“As
quickly
as
this
painful
information
arrived,
rapid
directions
had been
issued
from
President
Mahmoud
Abbas
and
Prime
Minister
Muhammad
Shtayyeh
to
all
the
safety,
police
and
public
authorities,
in
addition
to
the
Ministry
of
Well being
and
Forensic
Drugs,
to
instantly
transfer
to
the
place
of
residence
of
the
Indian
ambassador
to
intently
monitor
the
case
of
loss of life,”
it
mentioned
in
a
assertion.
It
additional
added
that
“all
events
are
absolutely
ready
to
do
what
is
required
of
them
in
such
troublesome
and
emergency
circumstances.”

“The
Ministry
of
Overseas
Affairs
and
Emigrants
expresses
its
deep
disappointment,
loss
and
ache
at
the
loss of life
of
Ambassador
Arya,”
it
mentioned.
The
ministry
mentioned
it
is
in
contact
with
India’s
exterior
affairs
ministry
to
full
the
preparations
for
transporting
the
mortal
stays
of
Arya.

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It
mentioned
Palestinian
Overseas
Minister
Riyad
Al-Maliki
prolonged
his
heartfelt
condolences
to
his
Indian
counterpart
Jaishankar,
and
via
him
to
the
Indian
authorities
as
nicely
as
to
Arya’s
household.
Arya
had
served
in
the
Indian
embassies
in
Kabul,
Moscow
as
nicely
as
at
the
headquarters
of
the
Ministry
of
Exterior
Affairs
in
Delhi.
He
additionally
served
at
India’s
Everlasting

Delegation
to
the
UNESCO
in
Paris.
Arya
studied
economics
at
the
Delhi
College
and
Jawaharlal
Nehru
College
earlier than
becoming a member of
the
Indian
Overseas
Service.