President Joe Biden’s shut aide Eric Garcetti was confirmed on Wednesday by the U.S. Senate because the nation’s subsequent ambassador to India, filling the important thing diplomatic place that had been vacant for greater than two years.

The Senate voted 52-42 to verify his nomination.

The previous Los Angeles mayor’s nomination was pending earlier than the U.S. Congress since July 2021 when he was nominated for the celebrated diplomatic posting by Biden.

Final week, the Senate International Relations Committee voted 13-8 in favour of his nomination.

“The connection between India and the US is a robust one, and one among nice strategic, financial, and cultural significance. Based on shared values, supported by rising financial and commerce ties, and strengthened by the Indian diaspora right here within the U.S., this partnership continues to carry vital promise for the long run,” Senator Mark Warner, Co-Chair of Senate India Caucus, stated.

“As co-chair of the Senate India Caucus, I’m glad that there’ll lastly be a Senate-confirmed ambassador in New Delhi,” Warner stated.

His nomination was not dropped at the Senate flooring for a vote over the last Congress because the ruling Democratic Celebration didn’t have sufficient assist to get the 52-year-old shut aide of Biden via.

Garcetti was not confirmed by the Senate in President Biden’s first two years in workplace amid issues by some lawmakers that the then-mayor had not adequately dealt with allegations in opposition to a former senior adviser of sexual assault and harassment.

President Biden renominated Garcetti to the identical place in January this 12 months.

Kenneth Juster, the final occupant of the ambassadorial residence of the US in New Delhi, stepped down in January 2021 after the change of presidency in America.