A new British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Sarah Hulton, has been appointed to follow on from James Dauris in August.
Hulton was previously the head of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Department at the Foreign Office, as well as the Head of Conflict Prevention and Weapons of Mass Destruction Controls.
In a statement the FCO said Dauris would be "transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment".
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