Senior diplomat Navdeep Singh Suri takes up his appointment as Ambassador to United Arab Emirates, a strategically important nation where approximately 2.6 million Indians live. <br/><br/>Suri is a 1983 batch Indian Foreign Service official. Before, this Mr Suri was serving as Indian High Commissioner in Canberra. He had earlier served in India's diplomatic missions in Cairo, Damascus, Washington, Dar es Salaam, London and as India's Consul General in Johannesburg. He has also headed the West Africa and Public Diplomacy divisions at the Ministry of External Affairs.